Nimari

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

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Nimari canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Hindi
Malvi
Rajasthani
country India
hasAlternativeName Nemadi
Nimadi
Nimari Hindi
hasCulturalAssociation folk songs of Nimar region
local storytelling traditions
hasDialect Barwani Nimari
Khandwa Nimari
linked to: Khandwa

Khargone Nimari
linked to: Khargone
hasGlottocode nima1243
hasISO6393Code no ISO 639-3 code
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Bagheli
Hindi
Malvi
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in perfective aspect
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated stops
retroflex consonants
influencedBy Marathi
linked to: Marathi language

Rajasthani
Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
primaryState Madhya Pradesh
region Narmada River valley
linked to: Narmada Valley

western Madhya Pradesh
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy rural population of Nimar
urban communities in Nimar towns
spokenIn India
Madhya Pradesh
Nimar region
linked to: Nimar
status often classified as a Hindi dialect in censuses
regional language
subclassOf Rajasthani language group
Western Indo-Aryan language
usedBy Nimari people
linked to: Nimadi people
usedFor everyday communication
oral literature
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Nimadi hasAlternativeName Nimari