Marathi is a classical Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by the Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and is also spoken in Goa and the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2011 census total, combining 83 million native speakers with 16 million second-language speakers. StatusWikipedia article on Marathi: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Attested From (Year) RegionSouth, South Central and Western India (primarily Maharashtra; also Goa, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and other territories) 2 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Marathi Language
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1. Glottolog: Marathi (Glottolog languoid mara1378)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Marathi Language
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Marathi ... is a classical Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by the Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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It is the official language of Maharashtra, and an additional official language in the state of Goa. Derived from Maharashtri Prakrit, it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011.
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South, South Central and Western India Maharashtra Goa (minority) Karnataka (minority in the districts of Belagavi, and Bidar) Gujarat (a small population in Vadodara and Surat) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (minority) Tamil Nadu (by some people in Thanjavur)
Official status, Marathi entity page
It is the official language of Maharashtra, and an additional official language in the state of Goa.
In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Southern > Marathi-Konkani > Marathi
View the Source 3. Omniglot: Marathi language, alphabet and pronunciation
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Marathi first appeared in writing in 739 AD on a copper-plate inscription found in Satara, a part of Maharashtra state.
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