The term Marathi Muslims is usually used to signify

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

Muslims from the state of Maharashtra in North-western coast of

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, who speak

as a

mother-tongue A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongu ...

(first language) and follows certain customs slightly differing from the rest of

Indian Muslims Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, approximately 172.2 million people identifying as adherents of Islam in 2011 Census. India is also the country with the second or third largest number of Musli ...

. According to 2001 Indian census,Indian Census 2001 – Religion
/ref> There were 10,270,485 Muslims in Maharashtra and constituted 10.60% of the state.

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Marathi Muslims

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