🇮🇳 Learn Marathi online
With around 83 million speakers, Marathi is one of the most spoken languages in the world — and yet if you try to learn Marathi online, the major apps offer nothing. It's the official language of Maharashtra (and Mumbai), an Indo-Aryan language written in Devanagari with a few features that set it apart from its neighbours.
Langadoo gives Marathi the full toolkit. Transcribe Marathi YouTube videos, watch with dual Marathi-and-English subtitles, click any word for an explanation, and save words and sentences into spaced repetition. AI-generated Marathi stories, built from your own vocabulary, give you comprehensible reading at the right level even where graded material is scarce.
- Native name
- मराठी
- Speakers
- ~83 million speakers
- Spoken in
- India (Maharashtra)
- Writing system
- Devanagari (Balbodh)
- Difficulty
- Category IV — an Indo-Aryan language written in Devanagari
Try reading a little Marathi
This is exactly how learning works inside Langadoo. Click any word in the Marathi text below to see what it means — the highlighted words also show a translation on hover.
A first taste of Marathi
Click on any word to see its meaning — highlighted words have translations on hover
Why learning Marathi is hard
- Marathi is written in Devanagari, so learning the script is the first step before reading native content.
- Unusually for an Indo-Aryan language, it has three grammatical genders — masculine, feminine and neuter — that affect agreement.
- It distinguishes inclusive and exclusive 'we' (whether the listener is included), a distinction English lacks.
- Word order is subject-object-verb, with postpositions and case-like suffixes stacked onto nouns.
- Most English-facing resources lean on Hindi, so genuinely Marathi-focused material is limited.
The honest gap: Duolingo, Babbel and Busuu don't offer Marathi. Many resources assume Hindi, despite Marathi being a distinct language with tens of millions of speakers.
How Langadoo helps you learn Marathi
- Learn from Marathi YouTube videos — transcribe any video and watch with dual Marathi-and-English subtitles.
- AI-generated Marathi stories — comprehensible reading built from the words you already know (Krashen's i+1).
- Spaced repetition — save words and sentences into a true SM-2 review system with bidirectional cards.
- Sentence mining — capture real Marathi sentences and audio clips from content you actually enjoy.
- Instant word explanations — tap any word for grammar, usage and examples in context.
Reading and writing Marathi
Marathi uses the Devanagari script (shared with Hindi and Nepali) in its Balbodh form, with a connecting headline across the top of words. Langadoo renders and stores Devanagari correctly, so your saved words keep their exact spelling.
Marathi YouTube channels to learn from
- Learn Marathi with Kaushik Lele — Step-by-step lessons on grammar, vocabulary and the Devanagari script, with English explanations.
- Learn Marathi with Mahesh — Beginner lessons on everyday Marathi taught through English.
- Spoken Marathi — Scenario-based lessons on greetings, daily conversation and common expressions.
Drop any of these into Langadoo, transcribe a video, and start mining words straight into your review deck.
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