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Marathi Letters & Alphabet Guide
Complete reference for Marathi vowels, consonants and numbers with English pronunciation
About Marathi Script: Marathi is written in the Devanagari script, the same script used for Hindi and Sanskrit. It has 12 vowels (Swar), 36 consonants (Vyanjan), and special characters. Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra and spoken by over 83 million people worldwide.
Marathi Vowels — स्वर (Swar)
Marathi Transliteration Pronunciation Example Word
अ a as in "ab out" अमृत (amrut - nectar) आ aa / A as in "fa ther" आई (aai - mother) इ i as in "si t" इमारत (imarat - building) ई ee / I as in "see " ईश्वर (Ishwar - God) उ u as in "pu t" उन्हाळा (unhaala - summer) ऊ oo / U as in "foo d" ऊस (oos - sugarcane) ए e / E as in "they " एक (ek - one) ऐ ai as in "sai d" ऐनक (ainak - glasses) ओ o / O as in "go " ओढ (odh - pull) औ au as in "cow " औषध (aushadha - medicine) अं an nasal vowel अंगठा (angtha - thumb) अः ah aspirated ending अतः (atah - therefore)
Marathi Consonants — व्यंजन (Vyanjan)
Marathi Type to get Pronunciation Example Word
क ka k as in "kit" कमळ (kamal - lotus) ख kha kh aspirated खाणे (khane - food) ग ga g as in "go" गाय (gaay - cow) घ gha gh aspirated घर (ghar - home) च cha ch as in "chair" चहा (chaha - tea) छ chha chh aspirated छत (chhat - roof) ज ja j as in "jar" जल (jal - water) झ jha jh aspirated झाड (jhaad - tree) ट Ta retroflex t टोपी (topi - hat) ड Da retroflex d डोळे (dole - eyes) त ta t (soft) तारा (taara - star) थ tha th aspirated थाळी (thaali - plate) द da d (soft) दिवस (divas - day) ध dha dh aspirated धन (dhan - wealth) न na n as in "not" नाव (naav - name) प pa p as in "pen" पाणी (paani - water) फ pha ph / f sound फूल (phool - flower) ब ba b as in "bat" बाघ (baagh - tiger) भ bha bh aspirated भाषा (bhaashaa - language) म ma m as in "man" माय (maay - mother) य ya y as in "yes" यात्रा (yaatra - journey) र ra r as in "run" रात (raat - night) ल la l as in "lip" लाल (laal - red) व va v / w sound वन (van - forest) श sha sh as in "ship" शहर (shahar - city) स sa s as in "sun" सूर्य (soorya - sun) ह ha h as in "hat" हात (haat - hand)
Marathi Numbers — संख्या
Number Marathi Pronunciation
0 शून्य shoonya 1 एक ek 2 दोन don 3 तीन teen 4 चार chaar 5 पाच paach 6 सहा saha 7 सात saat 8 आठ aath 9 नऊ nau 10 दहा daha 100 शंभर shambhar 1000 हजार hazaar
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