मराठी भाषा
विकिपीडिया, एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोष से
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Marathi आर्य-भाषा परिवारस्य एका भाषा. Marathi भाषा भारत की अन्य् भाषाऑ की तरह Sanskrit भाषा से बनाई गई है.यह ७० अब्ज् लोगॉकी की भाषा है और् अपनीIt is spoken by about 70 million people and is to have separated from the other languages in its group about a thousand years ago.
| Marathi (Marathi) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | India |
| Region: | Maharashtra and adjacent states |
| Total speakers: | 68 Million native speakers 3 Million second language speakers |
| Ranking: | 17 |
| Genetic classification: |
Indo-European Indo-Iranian |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | Maharashtra State, India |
| Regulated by: | -- |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | mr |
| ISO 639-2 | mar |
| SIL | MRT |
अनुक्रम |
[संपादित करें] Sounds
[संपादित करें] Grammar
It partly preserves the locative case in noun declension as follows:
Sanskrit:
LAGECH: NOW VAIDYA: DOCTOR
AaTTA: NOW ABHIYANTA: ENGINEER
Marathi:
pahaat: dawn ghar: house
pahaate: at dawn ghari: at/in/to house
[संपादित करें] Vocabulary
[संपादित करें] Writing system
Marathi uses the Devanagari script for writing. Get Marathi Writing simple software at http://www.baraha.com
Before the usage of printing press for Marathi. a different script, called the Modi script was used to write the Marathi script. This was a cursive script and could be written with minimum rising of pen from the paper. However, with the advent of large scale printing, the script fell into disuse as it was very difficult to type set in this script.(See External Link)
The oldest evidence of written Marathi is found at the base of a thousand year old gigantic statue in southern Indian town of Shrawana-belagola. The inscription is about the king Gangaraya who funded the effort, and his general Chamundaraya, who erected the statue for the king.
[संपादित करें] Examples
Marathi has a long literary tradition, and a huge literature has been written in Marathi in the last seven centuries. The saint-poet Dnyaneshwar is considered the first major literateur in the Marathi language. Prominent contemporary Marathi authors include P.L. Deshpande, Jaywant Dalawi, V. P. Kale, Wyankatesh Madgoolkar and D. M. Mirasdar.
