Marathi

Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)99 million totalDevanagari

RegionWest India

FamilyIndo-European (Indo-Aryan)

Speakers99 million total

ScriptDevanagari

TypeAbugida

About Marathi

The third most spoken language in India. The official language of Maharashtra state, home to Mumbai. Has the oldest literature among modern Indo-Aryan languages, dating to 700 AD. Uses Devanagari script like Hindi.

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