Rajasthani

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

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Observed surface forms (7)


Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language continuum
macrolanguage
closelyRelatedTo Gujarati
Hindi
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
country India
family Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasAncestor Rajasthani self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Western Rajasthani

Shauraseni Prakrit
hasDialect Ahirwati
Bagri
Dhatki
Dhundhari
Goaria
Godwari
Harauti
Lambadi
Loarki
Malvi
Marwari
Mewar
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

Referenced by (30)

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Shauraseni Prakrit ancestorOf Rajasthani
Gangaur celebratedBy Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani people
Dhundhari closelyRelatedTo Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Jaipuri (Rajasthani dialect)
Gujarati closelyRelatedTo Rajasthani
Hindi closelyRelatedTo Rajasthani
Marwari closelyRelatedTo Rajasthani
Romani language closelyRelatedTo Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani languages
Middle Indo-Aryan developedInto Rajasthani
Harauti hasAncestor Rajasthani
Rajasthani hasAncestor Rajasthani self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Western Rajasthani
Hadoti hasCulturalIdentity Rajasthani
Harauti isPartOf Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani dialect continuum
Rajputs language Rajasthani
Marwar languageFamily Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani languages
this entity surface form: Rajasthani languages
Ghoomar languageOfSongs Rajasthani
Alwar languageSpoken Rajasthani
northern India majorLanguage Rajasthani
subject surface form: Northern India
Rajasthan officialLanguage Rajasthani
Shekhawati partOf Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani language
Rajasthan regionalLanguage Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Marwari
this entity surface form: Rajasthani people
this entity surface form: Rajasthani people
Hadoti subclassOf Rajasthani
subject surface form: Hadoti dialect
this entity surface form: Rajasthani language
Harauti subclassOf Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani language
Dhundhari subfamilyOf Rajasthani
this entity surface form: Rajasthani languages