

its vowel graphemes are mainly realised not as independent letters, but as diacritics modifying the vowel inherent in the base letter they are added to.

įrom a classificatory point of view, the Bengali writing system is an abugida, i.e. It is used as the official script of Bengali language in Bangladesh and West Bengal as well as Meitei language in Manipur (officially termed as " Manipuri language"), two of the official languages of India.

It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. It is one of the most widely adopted writing systems in the world (used by over 265 million people). In Goa, Konkani is the sole official language however, Marathi may also be used for all official purposes.The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet ( Bengali: বাংলা বর্ণমালা, Bangla bôrṇômala, Meitei: বেঙ্গলি ময়েক, romanized: Bengali Mayek ) is the alphabet used to write the Bengali language based on the Bengali-Assamese script, and has historically been used to write Sanskrit within Bengal. Marathi is an official language of Maharashtra and co-official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Marathi is also spoken by Maharashtrian emigrants worldwide, especially in the United States, Israel, Mauritius, and Canada The cities of Baroda, Surat, and Ahmedabad (Gujrat), Belgaum (Karnataka), Indore, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and Tanjore (Tamil Nadu) each have sizable Marathi-speaking communities. Marathi is primarily spoken in Maharashtra and parts of neighbouring states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, union-territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Standard Marathi is the official language of the State of Maharashtra.

There are a few other sub-dialects like Ahirani, Dangi, Vadvali, Samavedi, Khandeshi, and Malwani. The major dialects of Marathi are called Standard Marathi and Warhadi Marathi. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indo-European, Indic languages, dating from about 1000 AD. It is the 19th most spoken language in the world. It is the official language of Maharashtra state of India and is one of the 23 official languages of India. Marathi /məˈrɑːti/ (मराठी Marāṭhī ) is an Indo-Aryan language.
