Is Hindi official language of Maharashtra?

Mumbai, Dec 6: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued a notification and instructed central government offices in the state to use the Marathi language along with Hindi and English for communication and other works. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa.

Do all Maharashtrians speak Hindi?

Most Maharashtrians, even from rural areas, understand Hindi rather well and speak enough to get by. Hindi is not really an ‘unfamiliar’ tongue to Marathi people, like it is for those further South.

What is the official language of Maharashtra?

Marathi
Subject to the provisions of this Act, Marathi shall, as from the appointed day, be the language to be used for all official purposes referred to in article 345 of the Constitution, as respects the State of Maharashtra except such purposes as the State Government may, by rules issued from time to time in the Official …

What is the official working language of Maharashtra Marathi?

listen)) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the only official language of Maharashtra, and a co-official language in the Goa state and the Damaon territory in western India….Marathi language.

Marathi
Native speakers	83 million (2011) L2 speakers: 12 million

Is Marathi a dialect of Hindi?

Not at All. Marathi is very different from Hindi. Even Marathi used to be written in Modi script since thousand years which is similar to Kannada, Telugu and somewhat Gujarathi scripts.

Which language is older Hindi or Marathi?

Marathi is much older than Hindi. Hindi evolved quite much later unlike Marathi. Marathi is modern, sanskritised version of Maharashtri pakrit which was one of the three pakrit language form. While important fact is, Maharashtri pakrit was most famous among three and widely used by masses.

Official Language for the state of Maharashtra is Marathi. As described under Maharashtra Official Language Act 1964, Section 4 and 5 says that Marathi should be official language for state’s official purposes and and All bills introduced in either house of legislature, should be in Marathi.

What is the difference between Marathis and Maharashtrians?

The residents of the Maharashtra state along with their culture, language and lifestyle are known as the Marath’s whereas the Maharashtrians refers to those people who have migrated to Maharashtra from other regions of India, who may or may not observe the authentic culture and language.

When did Maharashtra become a Marathi linguistic state?

It was formed on 1 May 1960 by splitting the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Thus Maharashtra is a Marathi linguistic state.

Is Maharashtra’s per capita language rate higher than the Hindi belt?

“Maharashtra ranks fairly high in the per capita language rate, which is much above that of the Hindi belt, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh,” says Ganesh Devy, award-winning writer and chairperson of PLSI. Hindi, Bengali and Telugu have more speakers than Marathi.