Marwari

E60671
Indo-Aryan language language

Marwari is an Indo-Aryan language of western India, primarily spoken in Rajasthan and surrounding regions, and closely related to Gujarati and other Rajasthani dialects.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Marwari people 2
Barmer Marwari 1
Jaisalmer Marwari 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsTo Indo-Aryan subgroup of Indo-European ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Gujarati ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Marvadi ⓘ
Marwari ⓘ
surface form: Marwadi

Marwari ⓘ
surface form: Marwari Rajasthani
hasDialect Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barmer Marwari

Godwari ⓘ
Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jaisalmer Marwari

Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jodhpur Marwari

Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pali Marwari

Shekhawati ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn Gujarat ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature three-way stop contrast (voiced, voiceless, aspirated) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code mwr ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Rajasthani varieties to varying degrees ⓘ
partOf Rajasthani language continuum ⓘ
region Marwar ⓘ
surface form: Marwar region

Western India ⓘ
spokenIn Gujarat ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
India ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab (India)

Rajasthan ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
subclassOf Rajasthani language ⓘ
Western Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
usedBy Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marwari people
usedIn Rajasthani folk songs and ballads ⓘ
folk literature of Rajasthan ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Mahajani script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Dhundhari → closelyRelatedTo → Marwari ⓘ
Gujarati → closelyRelatedTo → Marwari ⓘ
Shekhawati → closelyRelatedTo → Marwari ⓘ
Marwar → ethnicGroup → Marwari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marwari people
Marwari → hasAlternativeName → Marwari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marwadi
Marwari → hasAlternativeName → Marwari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marwari Rajasthani
Marwari → hasDialect → Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jodhpur Marwari
Marwari → hasDialect → Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaisalmer Marwari
Marwari → hasDialect → Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barmer Marwari
Marwari → hasDialect → Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pali Marwari
Rajasthani → hasDialect → Marwari ⓘ
Hindi Belt → includesLanguage → Marwari ⓘ
Marwar → language → Marwari ⓘ
Jodhpur → regionalLanguage → Marwari ⓘ
Marwari → usedBy → Marwari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marwari people