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Preferred term

marMarathi  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Marathi (; ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. and is the fifteenth most spoken language in the world. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indo-Aryan languages, dating from about 1000 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are called Standard Marathi and Warhadi Marathi. There are a few other sub-dialects like Ahirani, Dangi, Vadvali, Samavedi, Khandeshi, and Malwani. Standard Marathi is the official language of the State of Maharashtra.

Entry terms

  • Marathi language

ISO 639-1 code

  • mr

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • mar

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • mar

ISO 639-3 code

  • mar

Notation

  • mar

In other languages

  • marathe

    French

  • Marathi
  • Marathi

    German

  • marathi

    Italian

  • Lingua marathi
  • marata

    Portuguese

  • Língua marata
  • marathi

    Spanish

  • Idioma maratí

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mar

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