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.

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Label Occurrences
Mewari language canonical 5
Merwari language 1

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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

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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