{"id":3569,"date":"2017-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2017\/08\/03\/the-marathi-language\/"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:05:56","slug":"the-marathi-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2017\/08\/03\/the-marathi-language\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marathi Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Marathi language (\u092e\u0930\u093e\u0920\u0940) is one of the oldest modern-day Indo-Aryan languages, dating back to approximately 900 A.D. The language was also known as Maharathi, Maharashtri, Malhatee and Marthi in ancient times. It is the only official language spoken by the Marathi people of the Maharashtra state in India. Marathi is one of the 22 languages of India and ranks 4<sup>th<\/sup> in India and 19<sup>th<\/sup> in the world for number of speakers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/the20marathi20language_368x336.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"336\" alt=\"The Marathi Language\" ><\/p>\n<p>Marathi is not only spoken in India, but also in Israel and Mauritius. In India, it is also spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.<\/p>\n<h5>Marathi Grammar and Dialects<\/h5>\n<p>The grammar of Marathi is very similar to other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aboutworldlanguages.com\/IndoAryanBranch\/\" target=\"_top\">Indo-Aryan languages<\/a> such as\u00a0Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi. However, unlike these languages, Marathi is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agglutinative_language\" target=\"_blank\">agglutinative<\/a>, which is one of the important features of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dravidian_languages\" target=\"_blank\">Dravidian languages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The different dialects of Marathi languages are Maharashtrian, Konkani and Varhadi. The earliest known writing was found in Satara on the copper plate of Vijayaditya. This stone is at the feet of Shravanabelgola Gomateshwar and the first line reads, &#8220;Chavundarajen Karaviyalen&#8221; (\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u091a\u093e\u0935\u0941\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093f\u092f\u0932\u0947, \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0917\u0902\u0917\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947 \u0938\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093f\u092f\u0932\u0947), meaning &#8220;built by Chavundaraja, the King&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Learning Marathi for any foreigner would be a tough task due to its different style of writing and completely different script than any other language across the globe. If you travel to India and wish to learn this language, you can get in touch with different Maharashtra Mandals, which are communities across the globe that can help you with Marathi.<\/p>\n<h5>Some interesting facts:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>There are many loan words from Urdu, Arabic and Persian.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Marathi script consists of 52 letters (16 vowels\u00a0and\u00a036 consonants).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The first written Marathi document was found in Maharashtra, dating back to 1012 C.E.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Maharashtri Prakrit language is the ancestor of Marathi, Dhivehi (Maldives) and Sinhalese (Sri Lanka).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Summary<\/h5>\n<p>Mumbai, the metropolitan city in Maharashtra, attracts many multinational companies from across the world. Learning some Marathi words will definitely help you build a friendly business relationship. Namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930), which means &#8220;hello&#8221; and Aabhari Aahe (\u0906\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u0939\u0947), which means &#8220;thank you&#8221; are easy phrases to learn and use while visiting Maharashtra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marathi language (\u092e\u0930\u093e\u0920\u0940) is one of the oldest modern-day Indo-Aryan languages, dating back to approximately 900 A.D. The language was also known as Maharathi, Maharashtri, Malhatee and Marthi in ancient times. It is the only official language spoken by the Marathi people of the Maharashtra state in India. 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