Online Marathi Classes for Your Family,
Speak Marathi
Your child understands everything aaji says. They laugh at her stories. They know when she is happy and when she is worried. But when she asks them something directly, they freeze up and answer in English.
You have been here before. It is not a failure. It is something that happens to almost every Maharashtrian family raising children outside India. The exposure is there. The connection is there. What is missing is a safe space to speak.
That is what Speak Marathi is for.
No commitment. First session is always free.
Online Marathi Classes for Every Kind of Learner
We work with NRI children who understand Marathi but do not speak it. We work with foreign spouses who want to be part of family conversations. We work with adults who grew up outside Maharashtra and want to reconnect. And we work with young children who are just starting out.
All classes are:
- One-to-one and personalised to your starting point
- Entirely online over video call, from anywhere in the world
- Conversation-first, no Devanagari script required unless you want it
- Flexible in timing, scheduled around your life, not ours
- Taught by native Marathi speakers who understand the diaspora experience
Simple to Start, Designed to Last
Families from Across the World, One Language in Common
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FAQs
Speak Marathi offers one-to-one online conversational Marathi classes specifically for NRI children and diaspora families. Classes are flexible in timing, taught by native Marathi speakers, and focused on spoken Marathi rather than script or grammar. The first session is a free demo.
Yes. This is called receptive bilingualism and it is exactly the situation most of our students come from. We work specifically with children who understand Marathi but need structured speaking practice to build confidence. Most children begin speaking Marathi in conversations within 6 to 8 sessions.
No. Speak Marathi classes are entirely conversation-first. We teach spoken, colloquial Marathi using Romanised pronunciation. Devanagari script is introduced only if the student requests it or if it is part of their goals.
Classes are held over video call. Speak Marathi accepts students from California, London, Dubai, Melbourne, Toronto, Singapore, and other locations. Classes are scheduled according to the student’s local time, within a window of 7 am to 9 pm IST. Sessions are 40 to 60 minutes, once or twice a week.
Pricing at Speak Marathi is per session, per student. A free demo session is included before any paid classes begin. See the Classes page for current pricing by format (individual, group of 2, or group of 3 to 6).
No. Teenagers and adults learn conversational Marathi successfully at Speak Marathi. Older learners often progress faster because they can connect Marathi to concepts they already understand. The approach is tailored to the learner’s age and starting point.
Yes. Speak Marathi works with non-Marathi adults who have married into Maharashtrian families. Classes focus on practical, conversational Marathi for family situations: understanding conversations, greeting family members, participating in festivals, and communicating with parents-in-law.
Three things: we start with spoken Marathi, not the script. We accept and work with code-mixing of English and Marathi, which is how Maharashtrian families actually speak. And every student gets a dedicated teacher who stays with them through their learning journey, building a real relationship and real confidence.
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A wonderful initiative to learn Marathi. Highly recommended to all non Marathi speakers. 
Kaustubh Bankapure
September 29, 2020 - Holding a young child's attention who gets easily distracted is a task in itself. Our teacher Ms Akshata is great at not only keeping it engaging but also fun and interesting. She is very patient and displays a passion in what she does. I see a noticeable difference in my child’s inclination towards speaking the language now. The experience has been seamless right from the sign up, scheduling, to the classes. Recommend!
Snehal Sirmukaddam
September 17, 2020 - My 10 year-old daughter is enrolled in Speak Marathi. She is born and brought up in Australia and Marathi seemed like a challenging language to her. She could understand all that we spoke to her, but found it difficult to respond. And now, after a few classes with Speak Marathi, she has started using small Marathi sentences in our daily conversations!
To me as a parent, it is a wonderful feeling.
What I liked about this course:
1. They have exactly identified the problem.
2. The approach is different - the course doesn’t start with the alphabet.
3. Sentences are broken down in to logically separate structures - this has helped my daughter remember phrases easily.
4. They made her speak from day-one, which has boosted her confidence immensely.
5. There are no exams - so it is a dedicated 40 minutes of just speaking the language to someone outside the family.
6. The teachers are experienced and are very friendly - She has a great bond with her teacher, and is always looking forward to her next class.
My best wishes to Team Speak Marathi - great job! 😊👍
Ketki Bhagwat
August 11, 2020 - Speak Marathi has been a wonderful experience for my kids 8 & 6. The course is very well designed, and the teachers are wonderful. I haven’t seen anyone explain things as patiently and as clearly as these teachers. They are making learning a new language super interesting. The activities and the games they have incorporated in the course make it so much fun for my kids. Also we read all the posts that’s speak Marathi puts up as kids enjoy the tiny snippets of information that they get from there. They are flexible with timings and sessions making it easy to attend the class from anywhere in the world. Just after about 3 sessions I have seen my kids being eager to learn more about Marathi. to put it in the words of my kids “mala khupch majja yete” (that’s after 5 session but it’s in Marathi 😊). Thanks Speak Marathi team.
Girija Kulkarni
August 11, 2020 - Speak Marathi is fantastic! I live in Seattle and I'm learning Marathi online with awesome teachers based in Maharashtra. I wanted to learn Marathi so that I can speak to my family-in-law in Pune. I already have the skills and the confidence to skype/zoom with family about lots of topics! SpeakMarathi is an excellent and fun way to learn spoken Marathi fast!
Abigail Yadav
August 10, 2020
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