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The Marwari language (Mārwāṛī;मारवाड़ी), also variously Marvari, Marwadi, Marvadi), is spoken in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Marwari is also found in the neighboring state of Gujarat and Haryana and in Eastern Pakistan. With some 13.2 million speakers
(as of 1997, ca. ), it is the largest language by number of speakers of the Marwari subgroup of the Rajasthani language. There
are 13 million speakers in Rajasthan and rest 200,000 in Eastern Pakistan. There about 23 dialects of the Marwari Language.
It is popularly written in Devanagari script, as is Hindi, Sanskrit and Nepali. Marwari currently has no official status as
a language of education and government. There has been a push in the recent past for the national government to recognize
this language and give it a scheduled status. The state of Rajasthan recognizes Rajasthani as a language. In Pakistan, there
are two varieties of Marwari. They may or may not be close enough to Indian Marwari to be considered the same language. The
Marwari language was used in the recent Indian movie, Paheli, where it was mixed with Hindi so it is understandable to the
main stream (Hindi speakers) audience. Marwari is still spoken widely in and around Jodhpur. There are ongoing efforts to
identify and classify this language cluster and the language differences. |
Names (more)[en] Merwari |
Language type : Living
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