Ebook: Marathi
Author: Dhoṅgaḍe Rameśa, Wali Kashi
- Tags: Marathi language -- Grammar, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Indic Languages
- Series: London Oriental and African language library 13.
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
- City: Amsterdam, Philadelphia
- Language: English
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Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language, is the official language of Maharashtra, including Mumbai. Father Thomas Stephens, the first English traveler to Goa, a pioneer linguist, wrote Christa Puran in Marathi (1616) and Arte da Lingoa Canarim in Portuguese, printed in (1640). The latter is a grammar of Konkani, a language closely related to Marathi. It is the first grammar of its kind marking a new grammatical tradition Read more...