Omari Saidi
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The British colonial period starting in early 1800s saw standardisation of Marathi grammar through the efforts of the Christian missionary William Carey. Carey's dictionary had fewer entries and Marathi words were in Devanagari. Translations of the Bible were first books to be printed in Marathi.These translations by William Carey, the American Marathi mission and the Scottish missionaries led to the development of a peculiar pidginized Marathi called the "Missionary Marathi in early 1800s The most comprehensive Marathi-English dictionary was compiled by Captain James Thomas Molesworth and Major Thomas Candy in 1831. The book is still in print nearly two centuries after its publication. The colonial authorities also worked on standardizing Marathi under the leadership of James Thomas Molesworth and Candy.They used Brahmins of Pune for this task and adopted the Sanskrit dominated dialect spoken by elite in the city as the standard dialect for Marathi.
My question;Sankrist come from marathi, according to history. So can i think about Marathi? Becouse during the standardization of marathi to sanskrits, the Christian were there and am strongly hate them.
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My question;Sankrist come from marathi, according to history. So can i think about Marathi? Becouse during the standardization of marathi to sanskrits, the Christian were there and am strongly hate them.
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