Marathi Alphabet

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over 83 million people, primarily in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is also spoken in some parts of Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana. Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra and is one of the 22 official languages of India.

Structure of the Marathi Alphabet

Like in the English language, the Marathi language also has alphabets that are categorized as Vowels (स्वर) and Consonants (व्यंजने). Marathi consists of 48 Alphabets. In the present time the Marathi language is written and typed in the “Balbodh Devanagari” script nowadays, in the past “Kadamba script” was used for Marathi typing.

Marathi Vowels

The vowel is a speech sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, or lips. There are 12 letters in Marathi Vowels. Vowels are called “Svara” (स्वर) in Marathi.

12 vowels in Marathi – अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं (Anusvara), अ: (Visarg)

Note: Marathi language has got two new vowels ॲ and ऑ due to the use of English language. Now Marathi Vowels are 14 instead of 12.

Marathi Vowel	Pronunciation	Typing guidance
अ	ah	Type a
आ	aa	Type aa
इ	ee	Type i
ई	ii	Type ii
उ	oo	Type u
ऊ	uu	Type uu
ए	eh	Type e
ऐ	ai	Type ai
ओ	oh	Type o
औ	au	Type au
अं	un	Type am
अ:	uh	Type a :
ऋ	ri	Type ri
ॲ
ऑ

Marathi Consonants

Consonants are pronounced by stopping the air from flowing easily through the mouth, especially by closing the lips or touching the teeth with the tongue. Consonants are known as “Vaynjane” (व्यंजने) in Marathi. Marathi Consonants consist of 36 letters given below

36 Consonants in Marathi – क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म , य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ळ, क्ष, ज्ञ

Marathi Consonants	Pronunciation	Typing Guidance
क	ka	Type k
ख	kha	Type kh
ग	ga	Type g
घ	gha	Type gh
ङ	nga	Type ng
च	cha	Type ch
छ	chha	Type chh
ज	ja	Type j
झ	jha	Type jh
ञ	nya	Type nya
ट	ṭa	Type Ta
ठ	ṭha	Type th
ड	ḍa	Type D
ढ	ḍha	Type Dh
ण	ṇa	Type N
त	ta	Type ta
थ	tha	Type tha
द	da	Type d
ध	dha	Type dh
न	na	Type n
प	pa	Type pa
फ	pha	Type f
ब	ba	Type b
भ	bha	Type bh
म	ma	Type m
य	ya	Type y
र	ra	Type r
ल	la	Type l
व	va	Type v
श	sha	Type sh
ष	ṣa	Type Sh
स	sa	Type s
ह	ha	Type h
क्ष	kṣhya	Type ksh
त्र	tra	Type tr
ज्ञ	gya	Type gy

Frequently Asked Questions

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