AUTHOR Nimbkar, Jai; Berntsen, Maxine TITLE Marathi Vocabulary Manual. INSTITUTION American Inst. of Indian Studies, New Delhi. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, D.C. International Education. PUB DATE 83 GRANT 008002136 NOTE 186p.; For related documents, see FL 013 712-715. PUB TYPE reference Materials — Vocabularies/Classifications/Dictionaries (134) -- Guides - Classroom Use ~ Materials (For Learner) (051) -- Multilingual/Bilingual Materials (171) LANGUAGE ‘= Marathi; English of EDRS PRICE MFO1/PCO8 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Bilingual Instructional Materials; *Marathi; *Native Language Instruction; *Second Language Instruction; DOCUMENT RESUME ED 230 044 . FL 013 711 . *Vocabulary Development IDENTIFIERS *India (Maharashtra) ABSTRACT a This book is part of a set of elementary and intermediate Marathi teaching materials. It consists of three parts: a classified vocabulary, a Marathi-English vocabulary, and an English-Marathi vocabulary. The classified vocabulary presents lists of words the student needs in talking about the natural world and the material culture. The Marathi-English vocabulary contains a basic vocabulary of about 4,000 items and contains all the words used in the companion teaching materials as well as additional words required for intelligent everyday conversations. The English-Marathi vocabulary contains about 4,500 entries. (Author/AMH) IEEE EES ETE SHEE IOC IERIE IO ISITE TIT TTA I II TAIT I * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. | JEU EES IEEE I EGE GO OCU ES ISIE IAI IIIT ETAT TAIT IIIT+ + ° = ~ nN Qa w L RS = nS Ss ~) ne MARATHI Vocabulary Manual JAL NIMBKAR, MAXINE BERNTSEN nations mrture or coven “PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS pean MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Alls TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERICL So, Alls Anerican institute of Indian Studies, New Delhiaga aera eg BIg 1 AR sre ee FA dt are 1A | Hz The above lines from the cover are from the Dayaneshwarl, the famous thirteenth-century Marathi commentary on the Bhagawad Gita by the poet Dnyaneshwar. One of Dnyaneshwar's great achievements was to put the teaching of the Gita into the language of the people ata time when most religious discourse was conducted in Sanskrit. The poet himself was fully aware of the significance of his. work, as we see in the lines reproduced here from the Dnyineshwari 614, Hondly use Marathi is true, But Il find words so sweet I wager They'll surpass even heaven's nectar. HATHA aly BAAR SIME WMTSS at sat TRS ese, | FRU ag aR TERT STS VASAT TSI