Shekhawati
E58842
Shekhawati is a dialect of the Rajasthani language spoken primarily in the Shekhawati region of northern Rajasthan, India.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shekhawati canonical | 12 |
| Shekhawati region | 10 |
| northern Rajasthan | 6 |
| north-eastern Rajasthan | 2 |
| Shekhawati cultural region | 1 |
| northeastern Rajasthan | 1 |
| northwestern Rajasthan | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rajasthani dialect
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dhundhari
ⓘ
Marwari ⓘ Mewar ⓘ
surface form:
Mewari
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | under pressure from Hindi and Standard Rajasthani in formal domains ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | no ISO 639-3 code (uses Rajasthani code raj) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV (subject–object–verb) word order
ⓘ
distinctive vocabulary compared to Standard Hindi ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ three-gender system (masculine, feminine, neuter) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| locatedIn |
Churu district
ⓘ
Jhunjhunu district ⓘ Ganganagar district ⓘ
surface form:
Sikar district
|
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Rajasthani dialects to a significant degree ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rajasthani
ⓘ
surface form:
Rajasthani language
|
| region |
Shekhawati
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Rajasthan
|
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ Shekhawati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Shekhawati region
|
| status | primarily a spoken language ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ |
| usedBy | Shekhawati people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script ⓘ |
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
northern Rajasthan
this entity surface form:
northern Rajasthan
this entity surface form:
northern Rajasthan
this entity surface form:
northwestern Rajasthan
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
subject surface form:
Khatu Shyam Ji
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
subject surface form:
Khatu Shyam Ji
this entity surface form:
northern Rajasthan
subject surface form:
Jeen Mata temple
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
north-eastern Rajasthan
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati cultural region
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
north-eastern Rajasthan
this entity surface form:
Shekhawati region
this entity surface form:
northern Rajasthan