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About Marathi

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi population of India. Marathi is primarily spoken in Maharashtra and parts of neighboring states. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. Marathi is the oldest of the regional literatures in Indo-Aryan languages. Marathi is thought to be a descendent of Maharashtri, one of the Prakrit languages which developed from Sanskrit. The script currently used in Marathi is called 'bALbodh' which is a modified version of Devnaagari script..