Languages
Alongside Marathi there are around 4 languages and/or dialects spoken in the town. In addition to Marathi, few other languages are commonly spoken: Marathi is the preferred language of 99% of the town’s residents and Konkani which is part of Marathi literature 1%.
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“Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)
“I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.”
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“The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.”
—Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)