Marwari language
Appearance
Marwari | |
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मारवाड़ी, મારવ઼ાડ઼ી | |
Pronunciation | [mɑɾvɑɽi] |
Native to | India, Pakistan |
Region | Marwar, Cholistan and Tharparkar |
Ethnicity | Marwari |
Native speakers | 7.8 million, partial count[1] |
Gujarati script Mahajani | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | mwr |
ISO 639-3 | mwr – inclusive codeIndividual codes: dhd – Dhundarirwr – Marwari (India)mve – Marwari (Pakistan)wry – Merwarimtr – Mewariswv – Shekhawati |
Glottolog | Noneraja1256 Rajasthani |
Dark green indicates primary Marwari-speaking region, light green indicates additional dialect areas who count themselves as Marwari |
Marwari is a dialect of Rajasthani language spoken in Rajasthan, India. It is also spoken in Pakistan primarily Sindh. It has 70 million speakers. It is spoken by the Marwari Rajasthani people. In India it is written in the Devanagari script while in Pakistan it is written in Nastalik.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)