Marwari language

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Marwari language is an Indo-Aryan language of the Rajasthani group, primarily spoken in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India, and by diaspora communities in neighboring countries.

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Marwari language canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
Rajasthani language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Dhundari language
Gujarati language
linked to: Gujarati

Hindi language
linked to: Hindi

Mewari language
Rajasthani language
linked to: Rajasthani
countryOfOrigin India
developedFrom Apabhraṃśa
linked to: Apabhramsha

Old Western Rajasthani
linked to: Rajasthani
hasAlternativeName Marvari
Marwadi
linked to: Marwari

Marwari Rajasthani
linked to: Marwari
hasDialect Barmer Marwari
Bikaneri
linked to: Bikaner

Jaisalmer Marwari
linked to: Marwari

Jodhpur Marwari
linked to: Marwari

Shekhawati
Thali
hasEthnicGroup Marwari people
hasGlottocode marw1264
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in perfective aspect
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasISO6393Code mwr
hasLinguisticAncestor Sanskrit
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants
three-way stop contrast in many positions
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup Rajasthani languages
linked to: Rajasthani
partOf Rajasthani language continuum
primaryRegion Marwar
recognizedAs dialect of Rajasthani in some classifications
spokenIn Bangladesh
Barmer district
linked to: Barmer District

Gujarat
Haryana
India
Jaisalmer district
linked to: Jaisalmer District

Jalore district
linked to: Jalore

Jodhpur division
Madhya Pradesh
Marwar region
linked to: Marwar

Nagaur district
linked to: Nagaur

Nepal
Pakistan
Pali district
Rajasthan
Sindh
Sirohi district
Tharparkar region
linked to: Tharparkar District

Uttar Pradesh
diaspora communities
subclassOf Western Indo-Aryan language
usedBy Marwari merchant communities
usedIn Rajasthani folk literature
folk songs of Rajasthan
writingSystem Devanagari script
Gujarati script
Mahajani script
Perso-Arabic script

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

Marwar knownFor Marwari language
Mahajani script usedFor Marwari language
Marvadi alternativeNameOf Marwari language