Comparative Study of Marathi Dialects in Kolhapur and Satara Region

Abstract

This paper is about the comparative study of dialects in Kolhapur region and Satara region. The aim of this study is to find out the significant differences between the regional languages in both regions. It will depend on the type of areas, lack of education, learning environment, gender, community, caste, age, geographical status these factors effect mostly on language. Forensic linguistic is one of the research areas increasingly used to solve criminal case in legal proceedings. dialects are a subgroup of language spoken by specific group of people. Kolhapur and Satara region peoples spoken by Marathi language has some distinctive adaptations. Dialect is an important aspects of speaker variability Marathi language is belonging from Indo-Aryan family. The study sample including 150 recordings. The data collected from the tehsils of both regions by using audio or call recorder in mobile phone. This data is analyzed and extracted in well manner. The study found the uniqueness and variation of dialects in a particular geographical area. It will be beneficial for the forensic investigator to solve the criminal cases by identifying the regions using their respective dialects.