Chota Rajkumar — in Marathi.
Marathi is a language spoken mainly by the people of Maharashtra, a state in western India. It’s the official language of Maharashtra and one of India’s 22 recognized languages. With over 83 million speakers, Marathi is among the 10 most widely spoken languages in India and holds significant literary, cultural, and historical importance.
The roots of Marathi go back to around the 8th century AD, evolving from an earlier form called Maharashtri Prakrit. Over time, it developed into its own language during the late Middle Ages, influenced by Sanskrit, Prakrit, and various local dialects, resulting in a rich vocabulary and diverse styles of expression.
Marathi is written using the Devanagari script, the same one used for languages like Sanskrit and Hindi. The script is known for its distinctive horizontal line that runs across the top of the letters.
The language has a broad range of vowel and consonant sounds, including some that aren’t present in many other Indian languages. It distinguishes between aspirated and unaspirated consonants, as well as retroflex sounds, which are common in South Asian languages.
Marathi grammar is similar to that of other Indo-Aryan languages. Sentences follow a subject-object-verb (SOV) structure, and the language accounts for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, oblique, and others), which influence nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
