Marathi - The Language of the Deccan.

Marathi is spoken mainly in Maharashtra & the Central part of India. It is the state official Language of Maharashtra

The main Marathi speaking areas are, Maharashtra, Parts of Madhya Pradesh, Parts of Andhra & Karnataka. It is also spoken & understood in the southern part of Gujrat. Outside India, Marathi speaking population is found in Mauritius, USA, UAE, South Africa, Singapore, Germany, UK, Australia & New Zealand.

The dialect situation throughout the greater Marathi speaking area is complex. Dialects bordering other major language areas share many features with those languages. Konkani, Goanese, Deccan, Varhadi, Nagpuri, Ikrani, Gowlan are various dialects of Marathi.

Marathi makes use of the Devanagri Script. We have made available many pages in Dynamic fonts, however, for reading many of the Marathi Pages linked from here, you will need to install Devanagari Fonts on your system. The instrucions for these are available on respective pages.