Rajasthani

E31770

Indo-Aryan language language continuum macrolanguage

Rajasthani is an Indo-Aryan language (or group of dialects) spoken primarily in the Indian state of Rajasthan and surrounding regions.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language → language continuum → macrolanguage →
closelyRelatedTo	Gujarati → Hindi → Punjabi →
country	India →
family	Indo-European languages →
hasAncestor	Old Western Rajasthani → Shauraseni Prakrit →
hasDialect	Ahirwati → Bagri → Dhatki → Dhundhari → Goaria → Godwari → Harauti → Lambadi → Loarki → Malvi → Marwari → Mewari → Mewati → Shekhawati → Thali →
hasGrammaticalFeature	SOV word order → ergative alignment in past transitive constructions → postpositions → two grammatical genders →
hasPhonologicalFeature	aspirated stops → retroflex consonants →
languageCodeISO639_2	raj →
languageCodeISO639_3	raj →
region	Rajasthan →
script	Devanagari → Mahajani → Perso-Arabic script →
spokenIn	Delhi → Gujarat → Haryana → Madhya Pradesh → Pakistan → Punjab (India) → Rajasthan → Sindh →
subbranch	Indo-Aryan languages →
subfamily	Indo-Iranian languages →
usedFor	daily communication in Rajasthan → folk literature → folk songs → oral storytelling traditions →
writingSystemUsedIn	India → Pakistan →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dhundhari ("Jaipuri (Rajasthani dialect)") → Gujarati → Hindi → Marwari → Romani language ("Rajasthani languages") →	closelyRelatedTo
Bikaner → Jaipur → Jaisalmer →	additionalOfficialLanguage
Harauti → Rajasthani ("Old Western Rajasthani") →	hasAncestor
Gujarati people ("Rajasthani people") → Saraiki people ("Rajasthani people") →	relatedEthnicGroup
Hadoti dialect ("Rajasthani language") → Harauti ("Rajasthani language") →	subclassOf
Shauraseni Prakrit →	ancestorOf
Gangaur ("Rajasthani people") →	celebratedBy
Middle Indo-Aryan →	developedInto
Hadoti →	hasCulturalIdentity
Indo-Aryan languages →	includesLanguage
Harauti ("Rajasthani dialect continuum") →	isPartOf
Rajputs →	language
Marwar ("Rajasthani languages") →	languageFamily
Rajputana Agency ("Rajasthani languages") →	languageMajority
Ghoomar →	languageOfSongs
Alwar →	languageSpoken
Northern India →	majorLanguage
Rajasthan →	officialLanguage
Shekhawati ("Rajasthani language") →	partOf
Rajasthan ("Marwari") →	regionalLanguage
Dhundhari ("Rajasthani languages") →	subfamilyOf