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📍 Serving Zurich · Basel · Geneva · Lausanne
Online Marathi Classes for NRI Families in Switzerland
Conversational Marathi for Maharashtrian families and professionals in Zurich, Basel, Geneva, and across Switzerland.
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Trusted by 500+ NRI families across 7 countries · Free demo, no commitment
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NRI Families Taught
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Afternoon slots 3:30–5:30 pm CET available
The Maharashtrian Community in Switzerland Is Larger Than Most People Realise
Switzerland has a well-established and active Maharashtrian community. The Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal Switzerland (BMMS) has members across Zurich, Basel, and Geneva. Families here work in pharma (Novartis, Roche, Lonza), banking, tech, and research. Many have been in Switzerland for a decade or more.
The children of these families are growing up in multilingual Swiss households, fluent in English and often German or French. Marathi is what happens at home, at BMMS events, and on video calls with family in Pune or Mumbai. Without structured speaking practice, it stays exactly that — something they understand but do not speak.
For NRI Parents Raising Marathi Children in Switzerland
Many Swiss-based Maharashtrian parents tell us the same thing: their child follows Marathi conversations perfectly but defaults to English the moment they need to reply. This is not a language problem. It is a confidence and habit problem.
Our one-to-one online classes give children in Zurich, Basel, and Geneva a weekly, low-pressure space to build speaking habits with a patient native Marathi teacher. No script required. No grammar drills. The focus is always on the language as it is actually spoken at home.
Scheduling fits around Swiss school hours. CET afternoon slots between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm are most popular for Swiss families.
For Professionals and Adults Reconnecting with Marathi
We also work with adult learners in Switzerland. Second-generation Maharashtrians who grew up outside Maharashtra, non-Marathi spouses of Maharashtrian professionals, and people preparing for a return to India are all welcome.
If you have specific goals, such as being able to follow conversations at the next BMMS Gudi Padwa event, or speaking to your parents without needing to switch to English, we can build a curriculum around those goals.
Adult beginner classes are warm, practical, and completely jargon-free.
Getting Started from Switzerland
All classes are online over video call. A free demo session is always the first step. You meet your teacher, we assess where you or your child is, and we agree on the right starting point and schedule.
The Marathi community in Switzerland is close-knit and engaged. We hope Speak Marathi can be a useful resource not just for individual families, but for the wider Maharashtrian community across this country.
Simple to Start, Designed to Last
Three easy steps from your first demo to your child's first Marathi sentence.
Get Matched with Your Teacher
Every student gets a dedicated, native Marathi-speaking teacher who stays with them throughout. Consistency builds real confidence.
The Marathi Starts Happening
Sessions run 40–60 minutes, once or twice a week, at times that work in your time zone. Week by week, something shifts. The language comes out.
Questions Parents in Switzerland Ask Us
Honest answers about how our classes work, who they are for, and what to expect.
Yes. Speak Marathi offers online one-to-one Marathi classes for NRI children in Zurich, Basel, Geneva, and across Switzerland. Classes are scheduled around Central European Time (CET), with popular slots between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm CET on weekdays and weekend mornings.
We are aware of and supportive of the Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal Switzerland (BMMS), which organises Maharashtrian cultural events across Zurich, Basel, and Geneva. We are happy to be a language learning resource for BMMS families and members.
Absolutely. Children raised in multilingual Swiss households often have strong language-learning instincts. We start from wherever your child is, with no assumptions about prior knowledge. The first demo session establishes a clear starting point.
Yes. We work with non-Marathi partners of Maharashtrian professionals in Zurich and Basel who want to learn conversational Marathi. Classes are practical, warm, and focused on family situations: greetings, festivals, everyday conversations with parents-in-law.
Our IST class window of 7 am to 9 pm corresponds to roughly 3:30 am to 5:30 pm CET. Most Swiss families use afternoon slots between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm CET, which align well with school ending times and professional schedules.