listen)) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

Is Marathi a dialect of Hindi?

Marathi and Hindi both derive from Sanskrit and are written in the same script (though Marathi also used to be written in a cursive script called Madi). Hence, they do have lots of similarities. Gramatically, I would say that Marathi is more complex than Hindi, and uses more sounds too.

Is Marathi an easy language?

For some members of the Gujarati community, Marathi is easy to cope if you have neighbours and friends around who speak the language. Avani Sampat, a school teacher, “I learnt Marathi very comfortably without any classes or extra effort.