Marathi (/məˈrɑːti/;[7]मराठीMarāṭhī[məˈɾaʈʰi]) is an Indo-Aryan leid. It is the offeecial leid o Maharashtra state o Indie an is ane o the 23 offeecial leids o Indie. It is the 19t maist spoken leid in the warld. Thare wur 73 million speakers in 2001. Marathi hars the fowerth lairgest nummer o native speakers in Indie[8][9] Marathi haes some o the auldest literatur o aw modren Indo-European, Indic leids, datin frae aboot 1000 AD.[10] The major dialects o Marathi are cried Staundart Marathi an Warhadi Marathi.[11] Thare are a few ither sub-dialects lik Ahirani, Dangi, Vadvali, Samavedi, Khandeshi, an Malwani. Staundart Marathi is the offeecial leid o the State o Maharashtra.
↑Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
↑The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language Act, 1987 makes Konkani the sole official language, but provides that Marathi may also be used "for all or any of the official purposes". The Government also has a policy of replying in Marathi to correspondence received in Marathi. Commissioner Linguistic Minorities, 42nd report: July 2003 - June 2004Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, pp. para 11.3