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Language code: mar

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mar

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The table below provides technical details for the Marathi language, designated by the mar code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

mar

Name

Official

Marathi

Native

मराठी

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Standard (Deshi) MarathiVarhadi-NagpuriSouthern Marathi
Related languages
KonkaniKhandeshiGujarati
Key facts
Earliest known Marathi inscription dates to 739 CE on the Satara copper plateUses a Devanagari alphabet augmented by the retroflex lateral ळ to represent a unique phoneme13th-century saint-poet Dnyaneshwar’s Bhavarth Deepika is a milestone of medieval Marathi literatureMarathi retains the three grammatical genders of Old Indo-Aryan and has extensive case inflectionThe language supports a vibrant film industry popularly called Marathi cinema.
Sample phrase

नमस्कार, तुम्ही कसे आहात?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Marathi language, identified by the code mar, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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