Statistics about Marathi Speakers
- Primarily spoken in Maharashtra (74% of the population).
- Also spoken in Goa (11%), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (7%), Karnataka (4%), Madhya Pradesh (1.8%), and Gujarat (1.5%).
- ~99M people speak Marathi worldwide
- ~98.8M in India
- ~0.1M in rest of world
- ~99M people speak Marathi in India, ~8% of Indian population
- ~83M as a first language
- ~16M as a secondary language
Marathi is the #1 language in Maharashtra.
It is a secondary language in: Madhya Pradesh and Goa
Marathi Diaspora
Although not as a primary language, Marathi is spoken in other nations.
- India (99M speakers, 8% of the population)
- United States (175K, <1%)
- Israel (60K, <1%)
- Australia (13K, <1%)
- Mauritius (17K, <1%)
- Canada (8k, <1%)
Lutheran Study Bible Translation Project: Marathi Status
We need your help to finish this language. As you’ll see in the table at bottom of this page, all 66 books of the Bible have projected costs associated with them – this is the cost of completing the exhaustive 12-step process. Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go, but we are absolutely committed to finishing Marathi and the 14 other languages. Naturally, the timing is based on availability of resources and funding – but these will get done! Can you help us get there sooner?
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Marathi Progress Report
The table below shows the 66 books of the Lutheran Study Bible, as well as the approximate cost to complete each book’s 12-step translation process.
Note that we update our Marathi progress in this table quarterly.
