Malwi

E616992

Malwi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Malwi canonical 12

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
associatedWithCity Indore
Mandsaur
Ratlam
Ujjain
closelyRelatedTo Bundeli
Nimadi
Rajasthani
country India
glottocode malv1242
hasAlternativeName Malawi (language)
Malvi
hasDialect Bhoyari
Rajawari
Sondhwari
Ujjaini
linked to: Ujjain

Umadwari
hasEthnologueEntry Malvi (mup)
linked to: Malvi
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in perfective constructions
grammatical gender
postpositions
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated stops
retroflex consonants
hasStatus regional language
ISO639-3Code mup
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Malvi dialects
namedAfter Malwa
partOf Hindi dialect continuum
primaryState Madhya Pradesh
regionOfUse parts of Gujarat
parts of Rajasthan
western Madhya Pradesh
spokenIn India
Madhya Pradesh
Malwa region
subclassOf Rajasthani–Malvi group
Western Hindi language
usedBy Malvi people
usedIn folk songs of Malwa
rural communication in Malwa
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Referenced by (12)

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

Dhar hasLanguage Malwi
Indore language Malwi
Mhow language Malwi
Western Madhya Pradesh language Malwi
subject linked to: western Madhya Pradesh
Nagda regionalLanguage Malwi