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Where are Marathi Speakersin the United States?• As of 2009, there were only 9 Marathi speakersenrolled as ELL students at the University Level inthe United States (Modern Language Association,2011).• 7 - Illinois (University of Chicago)• 2 -Pennsylvania (University of Pennsylvania)
Discourse VarietyExample of Marathi Script--1st article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Ager, 2011).• As the official language of the state of Mahrashtra,Marathi is used in formal situations, but also casually ineveryday speech (UCLA Language Materials Project,2011).• Additionally, though there are 42 dialects--there is a highdegree of intelligibility between the dialects.• Because Marathi has switched alphabets in its writtenform, some Marathi text is not accessible to otherwiseliterate Marathi speakers.
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