Mewari language
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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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
Rajasthani language variety ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dhundari language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harauti language NERFINISHED ⓘ Marwari language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mewati language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| family | Indo-Aryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | mewa1252 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mewadi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mewari NERFINISHED ⓘ Mewari Rajasthani ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Old Gujarati–Rajasthani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Shauraseni Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf |
folk songs of Mewar
ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions in Mewar ⓘ |
| majorVarietyOf | Rajasthani language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rajasthani language continuum ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
Indo-European languages
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ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | dialect of Rajasthani in some official classifications ⓘ |
| region |
Mewar
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ⓘ
southern Rajasthan ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mewari people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Mewar region NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Rajasthani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Hindi
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ⓘ
Standard Rajasthani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | everyday communication in rural Mewar ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | limited local primary education ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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