Shekhawati

E58842

Rajasthani dialect dialect

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

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shekhawati region	2
northern Rajasthan	1

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 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rajasthan → containsRegion → Shekhawati ⓘ

Sikar → hasCulturalRegion → Shekhawati ⓘ

Marwari → hasDialect → Shekhawati ⓘ

Rajasthani → hasDialect → Shekhawati ⓘ

Sikar → locatedIn → Shekhawati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shekhawati region

Shekhawati → region → Shekhawati self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Rajasthan

Rajasthan → regionalLanguage → Shekhawati ⓘ

Shekhawati → spokenIn → Shekhawati self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shekhawati region