Wali Kashi. Marathi

Lincom Europa, 2005 ― 72 p.Marathi is one of the major languages of the Indo-Aryan family. It is primarily spoken in the Maharashtra state of India by nearly ninty six million people according to the most recent census. In the north, Marathi lies in the vicinity of two Indo Aryan languages, namely, Gujarati and Madhya Pradesh Hindi. In the south, it is surrounded by Kannada and Telugu, two major Dravidian languages. The Dravidian vicinity has considerably affected Marathi in several ways. [...] Marathi proper sub divides into three major dialects, namely, Konkani, Varhadi, and Standard Marathi. There are several subdialects of both Knokani and Varhadi. The dialectal differences are cued to geographical areas. There is some dispute about Konkani being a dialect of Marathi. In any case, at present Standard Marathi, spoken around Pune, Bombay, and the surrounding area is the official language of the Maharashtra state and is grouped as such with other official languages of India.