Even today a large number of printed publications of books, newspapers and magazines are prepared using these ASCII based fonts. Clip fonts are in vogue on PCs even today since most of the computers in use are working with English Keyboard. Shrilipee, Shivaji, kothare 2,4,6, Kiran fonts KF-Kiran and many more (about 48) are clip fonts that were used prior to the introduction of Unicode standard for Devanagari script. In its phonology it contrasts apico-alveolar with alveopalatal affricates and, in common with Gujarati, alveolar with retroflex laterals ( and, Marathi letters ल and ळ respectively). Marathi distinguishes inclusive and exclusive forms of 'we' and possesses a three-way gender system that features the neuter in addition to the masculine and the feminine. Marathi has several features that set it aside from most other Indo-Aryan languages. Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indo-Aryan languages, dating from about 900 AD. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India. There were 73 million speakers in 2001 Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. It is the official language and co-official language in Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by Marathi people of Maharashtra.

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