Language code: mr

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mr

The table below provides technical details for the Marathi language, designated by the mr code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

mr

Name

Official

Marathi

Native

मराठी

Family
Indo-Aryan
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Standard Marathi (Deshi/Pune)VarhadiAhiraniNagpuriMalvani
Related languages
KonkaniHindiGujaratiSindhiRajasthani
Key facts
Descends from the ancient Maharashtri PrakritRetains three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, neuter)Makes an inclusive-exclusive distinction in the first-person plural pronounFirst known inscription is the 1012 CE Shravanabelagola recordContains the unique retroflex lateral consonant letter 'ळ'.
Sample phrase

नमस्कार, तुम्ही कसे आहात?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Marathi belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Indo-Aryan subgroup. It is the official language of Maharashtra in India and is also spoken in Goa. It is written using the Devanagari script. It is estimated that there are more than 83 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Marathi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

mr-IN Marathi (India)

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