Shekhawati

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Shekhawati is a dialect of the Rajasthani language spoken primarily in the Shekhawati region of northern Rajasthan, India.

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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)

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Rajasthan regionalLanguage Shekhawati
Rajasthan containsRegion Shekhawati
Rajasthani hasDialect Shekhawati
Shekhawati spokenIn Shekhawati self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Shekhawati region Shekhawati self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan
Sikar locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Sikar hasCulturalRegion Shekhawati
Marwari hasDialect Shekhawati
Ganganagar district locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan
Hanumangarh district locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan
Bikaner Junction regionServed Shekhawati
this entity surface form: northwestern Rajasthan
Dholpur region Shekhawati
this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan
Dausa region Shekhawati
this entity surface form: northeastern Rajasthan
Shekhawati people locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Shekhawati people ethnicRegion Shekhawati
Neem Ka Thana region Shekhawati
Khatu Shyam Ji (nearby town in Sikar district) locatedIn Shekhawati
subject surface form: Khatu Shyam Ji
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Khatu Shyam Ji (nearby town in Sikar district) region Shekhawati
subject surface form: Khatu Shyam Ji
this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan
Jeen Mata temple (nearby in Sikar district) region Shekhawati
subject surface form: Jeen Mata temple
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Sikar Junction isRegionalHubFor Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Jhunjhunu district locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Jhunjhunu district locatedInRegion Shekhawati
this entity surface form: north-eastern Rajasthan
Laxmangarh partOf Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Laxmangarh region Shekhawati
Sikar district region Shekhawati
Sikar district partOfRegion Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati cultural region
Fatehpur Shekhawati locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Fatehpur Shekhawati region Shekhawati
Fatehpur Shekhawati locatedIn Shekhawati
this entity surface form: north-eastern Rajasthan
Sri Madhopur partOf Shekhawati
this entity surface form: Shekhawati region
Sri Madhopur locatedInCountrySubdivision Shekhawati
this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan
Marwari language hasDialect Shekhawati