Other inscriptions in Marathi appear in texts in Sanskrit or Kannada dating from the second half of the the 11th century. Marathi first appeared in writing in 739 AD on a copper-plate inscription found in Satara, a part of Maharashtra state. Marathi is thought to be a descendent of Maharashtri, one of the Prakrit languages which developed from Sanskrit in about the 3rd century BC. Marathi is also known as Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi and Muruthu. Marathi speakers are also found in the USA (73,600), Australia (13,100), Israel (11,000) and a number of other countries. In 2011 there were about 95.2 million speakers of Marathi in India, about 83 million of whom speak it as a native language. Status: official language in Maharashtra, Goa, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.Writing systems: Balbodh Devanagari (current), Modi, Kadamba (past).Spoken in: India, USA, Australia, Israel, Canada, the UK and New Zealand.
Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Southern Indo-Aryan, Maharashtri, Marathi-Konkani.
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