Monday, September 12, 2016

15. Marathi

To begin with, Marathi is the fourth most used language of India, with just a bit under 72 million ( 71.8 million ) speakers! Respectively, Marathi is the official and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India. In addition, Marathi is a member of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, and is closely related to Punjabi and Hindi.

Some English loanwords from Marathi are, desai, a revenue office or a petty thief ( year 1698 ), and chawl,  an Indian lodging house ( year 1891 ). Stated above, are just some of the "rare and unfamiliar" language that made to be English "loanwords".

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