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INTRO

Marathi is one of Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and entral India.Marathi is thought to be a descendant of Maharashtri,one of Prakrit languages which developed from Sanskrit.Marathi first appeared in writing during the 11th century in the form of inscriptions on stones and copper plates.From 13th century until the mid 20th century,it was written with the Modi alphabet and since 1950 has been written with Devanagari alphabet.


Features

• Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most spoken language in the world.

• There were 72 million speakers as of 2001

• Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indo-Aryan languages,dating from about 1000AD

• Major dialects of Marathi are called Standard Marathi and Warhadi Marathi.There are few other sub dialects like Ahirani,Dangi,Vadavali,Samavedi,Khandeshi and Malwani.

• Standard Marathi is the official language of the State of Maharashtra and co-official of Union Territory of Daman Diu & Dadra-Nagar Haveli.

• Notable Marathi speakers include Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,Sant Dynaneswar,B.R.Ambedkar,Veer Savarkar,Lokamanya Tilak, Baba Amte, Lata Mangeshkar,Asha Bhonsle,Pt.Bhimsen joshi,Dadasaheb Phalke,Jyotiba Phule,Sachin Tendulkar,Rahul Dravid,Madhuri Dixit and our very on Keerti Nagpure aka Siddhi Chopra!

Being a resident of Pune, Keerti Nagpure definitely speaks superb Marathi.Let us all at least try o get somewhere near her in that context! 😉

Similarity between HINDI n MARATHI

Marathi and Hindi both derive from Sanskrit and are written in the same script.Hence they do have lots of similarities.Grammatically,I would say that Marathi is more complex than Hindi,and uses more sounds too.There is a lot of common vocabulary,and there are lots of words which look similar,but with slight pronunciation differences.

The origins of these to languages are similar.Both are Indo-Aryan languages.But they have evolved as two distinct languages in two different regions of India.So some verbs indicate these common origins but at the same time,some verbs indicate their distinct evolution.

If you already know Hindi,then it might be easy for you to grasp Marathi once you get a jump start.Although,the best way is to listen Marathi and note its distinct sounds.

And yes, rural Marathi is quite a bit different and sometimes hard to understand to us urbanites since the proverbs they use can be quite earthy.Here we'll be sticking to urban form of Marathi-with a touch of Vidarbha (because of me and Ridz- who learned Marathi frm a Vidarbha girl!) and Mumbaiya (cos of Amrish bro) Marathi! 😛

Devanagari alphabet for Marathi

Vowels and vowel diacritics

Consonants

Numbers

Sample text in marathi

Aditi147
Amrish
Riddhi





Aditi






Credits

INDEX

Here are some basic Marathi words to start off with! 😊

I/Me mee

He to (pronounced as in "tota"-parrot)

she tee

you tu/ tumhi (for plural/respect)

It te

This haa(for male), hee(for female), hey(for plural/respect)

that to(for male), tee(for female), te(for inamimate objects)

what kaay (kaa-ey)

your tujha/ tujhe(for plural) tumcha/tumche (for elders)

name naav

to me malaa

to him tyaala

to her tilaa

to them tyaanna

come yaa

go jaa

where kuthe? (koo-the)

here ikde (d pronunciation as in "ghoda" horse)

there tikde (d pronunciation as in "ghoda" horse)

long laamb

sorry maaf karaa

stop thaambaa

Please Krupaya

Alright Bara / Theek

Yes Ho / Hoy

No Nako

Boy Mulga

Girl Mulgi

Male Purush/Maanoos

Female Stree/Mahila

Big Motha

Small Lahaan

Fast Lavkar (lav-kar)

Slow Hadu (d pronunciation as in "ghoda" horse)

Good Chaangla/mast

Bad vaait (vaa-eet)

Very khoop

quick intro sentence-😛

what is your name? -tujhe naav kaay aahe? (very similar to hindi "tera naam kya hai?")

My name is Aditi.- maazha naav Aditi aahe. (again direct translation from Hindi-"mera naam Aditi hai") .here "hai" is replaced by "aahe"

see, Marathi is easy if you know Hindi 😊

good one..btw i m a gujju and i know few marathi words...like saghda ghetli laukar laukar...which means i m getting late make it fast...rite...??..correct me if i m wrong

Originally posted by: Akki-Rocks

good one..btw i m a gujju and i know few marathi words...like saghda ghetli laukar laukar...which means i m getting late make it fast...rite...??..correct me if i m wrong

thanx aditi for this thread ..i would love to learn marathi ...😊