Marathi
A language of India
| Population | 68,000,000 in India (1997). Population total all countries: 68,061,130. |
| Region | Maharashtra and adjacent states. Also in Canada, Israel, Mauritius, United States. |
| Alternate names | Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu |
| Dialects | Cochin, Gawdi of Goa, Kasargod, Kosti, Kudali, Nagpuri Marati. 42 dialects. The dialect situation in the area is complex. Dialects bordering other major language areas share many features with those languages. Dialects or closely related languages: Konkani [knn], Goan Konkani [gom], Deccan [dcc], Varhadi-Nagpuri [vah], Gowlan [goj]. There is a dialect in Thanjavur District and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu influenced lexically by Tamil [tam] and Kannada [kan], with at least 100,000 speakers. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Southern zone |
| Language use | State language of Maharashtra. The Bene Israel are a Marathi-speaking Jewish group in Bombay. 3,000,000 L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 77%. Literacy rate in L2: 77%. Fully developed. Bible: 1821–2002. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | The Habshi are descended from East African slaves brought to western India, and are Muslim. ‘Are’ is a synonym for a Marathi caste name. ‘Are’ also used to refer to Marathi-speaking communities in south India. SOV. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain, Jewish (Bene Israel). |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
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ABU-MAHFOUZ, Ahmad, author. 2008. "Translation as a blending of cultures."
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