Ahirani

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Ahirani is an Indo-Aryan dialect spoken primarily in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra, India, closely related to Marathi but with distinct phonological and lexical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan dialect
language variety
closelyRelatedTo Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
country India
domain Indo-Aryan linguistics
ethnicAssociation Ahir community
surface form: Ahir people

Khandeshi people
geographicDistribution northwestern Maharashtra
hasAlternativeName Khandesh
surface form: Khandeshi

Marathi language
surface form: Khandeshi Marathi
hasInfluenceFrom Bhili languages
Gujarati
Hindi
Marathi language
surface form: Marathi

Rajasthani dialects
hasLexicalFeatures distinct from standard Marathi
hasMorphology similar to Marathi morphology
hasPhonologicalFeatures distinct from standard Marathi
hasPhonology influenced by neighboring Indo-Aryan dialects
hasSociolinguisticRelation often considered a dialect of Marathi
sometimes claimed as separate language
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Marathi to some extent
ISO639Status often grouped under Marathi or Khandeshi in classifications
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticTypology fusional language
macroLanguageContext Marathi language
surface form: Marathi language continuum
primaryWordOrder SOV
regionOfUse Dhule district
Jalgaon district
Nandurbar district
parts of Nashik district
spokenIn India
Khandesh
surface form: Khandesh region

Maharashtra
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized form
status primarily spoken language
subclassOf Marathi language variety
Western Indo-Aryan language
usedBy Ahir community
rural population of Khandesh
usedIn folk songs
informal communication
oral literature
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Marathi language hasDialect Ahirani