Mewari language

E1028820

Mewari language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Mewar region of Rajasthan, India, and is considered a major variety within the Rajasthani language continuum.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mewari language canonical 5
Merwari language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
Rajasthani language variety ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dhundari language ⓘ
Harauti language ⓘ
Marwari language ⓘ
Mewati language ⓘ
country India ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
family Indo-Aryan ⓘ
glottocode mewa1252 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mewadi ⓘ
Mewari ⓘ
linked to: Mewar

Mewari Rajasthani ⓘ
hasAncestor Old Gujarati–Rajasthani ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
hasFeature ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
honorific distinctions in pronouns ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspirated stops ⓘ
dental and retroflex stop distinction ⓘ
ISO639-3 mtr ⓘ
languageBranch Central Indo-Aryan ⓘ
languageOf folk songs of Mewar ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions in Mewar ⓘ
majorVarietyOf Rajasthani language ⓘ
linked to: Rajasthani
partOf Rajasthani language continuum ⓘ
partOfFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
recognizedAs dialect of Rajasthani in some official classifications ⓘ
region Mewar ⓘ
southern Rajasthan ⓘ
spokenBy Mewari people ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Mewar region ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
subfamilyOf Rajasthani ⓘ
Western Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedAlongside Hindi ⓘ
Standard Rajasthani ⓘ
linked to: Rajasthani
usedIn everyday communication in rural Mewar ⓘ
usedInEducation limited local primary education ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marwari language → closelyRelatedTo → Mewari language ⓘ
Western Indo-Aryan languages → hasMember → Merwari language ⓘ
linked to: Mewari language
Rajasthani people → majorLanguage → Mewari language ⓘ
Dhundari language → lexicalSimilarity → Mewari language ⓘ
Harauti dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Mewari language ⓘ
Malvi language → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Mewari language ⓘ