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📍 Serving Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Sharjah · UAE
Online Marathi Classes for Maharashtrian Families and Professionals in Dubai
Conversational Marathi for NRI families (adults & children) and professionals in Dubai and across the UAE.
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Making Dubai Feel Like Home - Without Losing the Language
Dubai’s Maharashtrian community is tight-knit, active, and deeply connected. Between weekend gatherings, Maharashtra Mandal events, Ganeshotsav celebrations, and family get-togethers, the culture here is as vibrant as ever.
But for kids growing up here, daily life happens mostly in English and Arabic - at international schools, on playdates, and online. At home, they might understand every word you say in Marathi, but when it’s time to speak back, they switch straight to English. Without regular practice, the language stays passive, making calls with grandparents back home or trips to Maharashtra feel a little harder than they should.
Preparing Your Kids for the Move Back to India
Many Maharashtrian families in Dubai live on a timeline - planning a return home to Pune, Mumbai, or elsewhere in Maharashtra in the next few years. For kids born or raised here in Dubai, international schools and English-first daily routines are all they’ve known.
If you’re planning a move back, helping your child get comfortable with conversational Marathi is one of the best ways to ease that transition. We help kids build real speaking confidence and school-readiness, making the move back home feel exciting and seamless rather than overwhelming.
Our 1-on-1 sessions focus specifically on practical, everyday conversational preparation so your child feels completely at home long before you land.
Marathi Classes Built Around Your UAE Lifestyle
Whether you want your Dubai-born children to stay connected to Marathi, or you’re an adult - Maharashtrian, non-Maharashtrian, or non-Indian - looking to learn or polish your conversational Marathi, we’re here to help.
From helping parents pass down their roots to helping partners and professionals connect with family and colleagues, our 1-on-1 online sessions are fully customized to your goals. Everything is scheduled flexibly around UAE school calendars, weekend routines, and work hours.
Flexible Scheduling for UAE Routines
Classes are available every day from 7 AM to 9 PM GST, making it easy to find a time that fits into your family's routine. Whether you prefer early mornings before school, late afternoon slots right after school runs, or relaxed weekend sessions, we work around your schedule.
Book a free demo with us so we can understand your goals - whether you’re preparing for a move back to Maharashtra in six months or simply building long-term language skills for your children.
Learning Marathi for Love, Family, and Belonging
Language is one of the most meaningful ways we connect with the people we love. Across the UAE - from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Sharjah - many adults come to Marathi through cross-cultural relationships, marriage into Maharashtrian families, or a personal desire to reconnect with their roots.
Whether learning to join in on family conversations, bond with your partner’s parents, or embrace your heritage, our 1-on-1 classes offer a warm, encouraging, and judgment-free space. We focus on real-life speaking for everyday family moments - with flexible schedule options tailored to your Gulf Standard Time (GST) routine and a free demo session to help you get started.
Simple to Start, Designed to Last
Three easy steps from your first demo to your first Marathi sentence.
Finalise your enrolment
Choose from either a 5 or 20 class plan and plan your class schedule with your tutor.
Start your Marathi Journey
Sessions run 45 - 60 minutes, once or twice a week, at times that work in your time zone. Start forming sentences from the first class and experience real time progress.
Questions Parents & Professionals in Dubai Ask Us
Honest answers about how our classes work, who they are for, and what to expect.
Yes. Speak Marathi offers online one-on-one Marathi classes for NRI children and families in Dubai and across the UAE. Classes can be scheduled around Gulf Standard Time (GST), between the hours of 7 AM and 9 PM GST.
Yes. This is one of our most common requests from Dubai families. We work specifically with children preparing to transition to school life in Maharashtra, focusing on the spoken conversational Marathi they will need. Starting classes atleast 6 to 12 months before the move is ideal.
Speak Marathi provides online Marathi tutoring for children in Dubai via video call. The first session is always a free demo where our native Marathi tutor gets to know your child and understand their starting proficiency. These classes are also customised to your child's starting proficiency and designed to match their pace of learning.
Classes can be scheduled at your convenience between the hours of 7 AM and 9 PM Gulf Time.
Yes. We work with Maharashtrian professionals in Dubai who want to maintain or strengthen their Marathi, help their children speak it, or prepare for a return to India.
Absolutely. Many of our Dubai based students are English-first children who have had little formal Marathi exposure. We assess each child’s starting point in the free demo and customise their classes accordingly - at their individual pace.
Not at all when taught conversationally! While sentence structure differs from English or European languages, we focus on practical, everyday phrases so you can start conversing without getting bogged down by heavy grammar. You can start speaking right away using English phonetics without needing to learn the Devanagari script first.
No. We follow a conversation-first approach using English phonetics and the English script so you can focus on real-world speaking and listening. Reading and writing the Devanagari script is completely optional and only introduced if you explicitly request it as part of your learning goals.
Yes, this is one of our most popular requests from expat adults in Dubai. We tailor your 1-on-1 sessions around everyday household vocabulary, polite expressions, and warm family etiquette so you feel confident chatting during family calls and trips to India.
Our sessions are 1-on-1 and fully customizable to your schedule. With availability running from 7 AM to 9 PM GST, you can easily schedule classes before heading to work, during late afternoon slots, or over the weekend without interrupting your professional routine.
We teach practical, real-world conversational Marathi - the exact dialect and natural phrasing native speakers use at home and in casual settings. Avoid rigid textbook language and learn to speak naturally and authentically with friends, partners, and colleagues.