Marathi
Marathi is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European; Devanagari script. Official language of Maharashtra; historically also written in the now largely obsolete Modi script.
6 Levels of Analysis for Marathi
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Marathi
What language family does Marathi belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Marathi?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Marathi one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.