Is Marathi South Indian language?

Marathi is the southern-most major Indo-Aryan language of India and as such has been influenced most heavily by the Dravidian languages of south India, most especially Kannada and Telugu, with which it has shared long overlapping histories.

What is the mother tongue of Mumbai?

Marathi
In Mumbai, by contrast, no one language is the mother tongue of more than half the city’s population. The frontrunner, at around 45\%, is Marathi, while slightly under 20\% each speak Gujarati and Hindi as a first language. Other languages that are spoken include Tamil, Sindhi, Kannada and Konkani.

Do Marathi people in Mumbai speak Hindi with each other?

Marathi speaking people never speak in Hindi with each other and they are quite proud of being Marathi. As long as Hindi language is concerned it is used by new comers in the city from even southern States as Marathi is quite different language from their language.

What is the percentage of Marathi in India’s population?

Native Marathi speakers form 6.86\% of India’s population. Native speakers of Marathi formed 68.93\% of the population in Maharashtra, 10.89\% in Goa, 7.01\% in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 4.53\% in Daman and Diu, 3.38\% in Karnataka, 1.7\% in Madhya Pradesh and 1.52\% in Gujarat.

What is the history of Marathi language in India?

Marathi gained prominence with the rise of the Maratha Empire beginning with the reign of Chhatrapti Shivaji. Under him, the language used in administrative documents became less persianised. Whereas in 1630, 80\% of the vocabulary was Persian, it dropped to 37\% by 1677. Samarth Ramdas was a contemporary of Shivaji.

Is it possible to learn Marathi without being a Marathi speaker?

And the funny thing is you cant compel everyone to learn Marathi. Learning a language is an individual liking. There are many who speak fluent Marathi without being a Maharashtrian. There are some others, who stay for years in Maharashtra, married to Marathi boy for more than 7 years but still cant speak Marathi.