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Marathi Typing Test
Practice Marathi typing in Unicode Devanagari using your computer's own keyboard. Live WPM, accuracy and mistake tracking, same as every test on this site.
Before you start: switch your keyboard to Marathi or Devanagari
Windows: Settings → Time & Language → Language & region → add "Marathi" (or "Hindi", same Inscript key layout) → switch to it with Win + Space. Mac: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → add "Devanagari — QWERTY" or "Marathi". No download needed — this ships with your OS.
Before You Start
This test is ungraded practice — no fixed pass/fail line, just your real speed and accuracy in Unicode Devanagari Marathi.
- Make sure your Marathi or Devanagari keyboard is active before you click Start.
- The timer starts the moment you type your first character.
- Backspace is on by default — turn it off for stricter accuracy practice.
- Copy-paste and right-click are disabled.
Best on a desktop or laptop keyboard.
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Same Devanagari Keyboard as Hindi
Marathi and Hindi share the same Devanagari script and the same Inscript key layout — so if you already know how to type Hindi on your computer, you already know how to type Marathi; only the words and grammar differ, not the keys. Windows and macOS list Marathi as its own language option mainly so spellcheck and autocorrect behave correctly, but the physical typing is identical.
This test scores your attempt exactly like every other test on this site: gross and net WPM, key depressions, and full/half mistake classification, applied to Devanagari text.
How to Turn On the Marathi Keyboard
You don’t need to install anything. Windows and macOS both ship with a Marathi keyboard:
- Windows 10 and 11: Settings → Time & language → Language (called Language & region on Windows 11) → Add a language → Marathi. Switch between keyboards with Win + Space.
- macOS: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → add Marathi (or Devanagari), then switch from the menu bar.
The Marathi keyboard uses the InScript layout, with the same key positions as the Hindi keyboard. Vowels and vowel signs are on the left half of the keyboard and consonants on the right, and Shift gives the aspirated letter on the same key (क becomes ख).
Where Marathi Typing Goes Wrong
Most mistakes in Marathi typing come from a handful of characters, not from a lack of speed:
- ळ is the letter Hindi typists rarely need. Leaving it as ल is the most common slip for people moving across from Hindi.
- Joined letters. Conjuncts such as प्र, स्त and द्य are typed as a consonant, the halant (्) and the next consonant. Miss the halant and you get two full letters instead of one joined one.
- Anusvara and chandrabindu. The dot (ं) and the moon-dot (ँ) are different characters, and the test treats them as different.
- Matras. Every vowel sign is its own key depression, and a wrong or missing one makes the whole word a full mistake.
Because each matra, halant and dot is a separate key depression, Marathi words take more key presses than English ones. Your Marathi WPM will usually read lower than your English WPM for the same effort, so compare Marathi results with Marathi results.
Marathi Typing in Exams and Certificates
Marathi typing is tested in Maharashtra, most widely through the state’s computer typing certificate (GCC-TBC), and in recruitment for clerk and typist posts, which often ask for that certificate or set a typing test of their own. Speeds, durations and the font or layout are set by each exam body and change over time, so confirm them in the current notification before you set a target.
Until then, pick a duration close to your exam’s and aim for clean passages before fast ones. The Hindi typing test and Mangal font typing test use the same keyboard if you want more Devanagari passages, and the Gujarati typing test, Punjabi typing test and Tamil typing test work the same way for those scripts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Switch your computer's keyboard input to Marathi (or Devanagari/Hindi Inscript, which uses the same key layout) in your operating system's language settings, then type normally.
The key layout (Inscript) is the same, since both languages use the Devanagari script. Windows and macOS list Marathi as a separate language option mainly for spellcheck and autocorrect purposes, but the physical key mapping you type on is identical to Hindi's.
No. Windows and macOS both include Marathi and Devanagari-Inscript keyboard layouts built in — enable one in your system's language settings, no separate download required.
Mobile Marathi input methods (transliteration, swipe keyboards) work differently from a desktop Inscript layout and won't give a realistic reading. Use a desktop or laptop with Marathi or Hindi enabled at the OS level.