Haroti

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
hoj
Alternate Names
Hadauti, Hadothi, Hadoti, Hara, Harauti
Autonym
हाड़ौती‎ (Haroti)
User Population

2,940,000 (2011 census).

Location

Madhya Pradesh state: Neemuch district, 3 other border areas; Rajasthan state: Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar, and Kota districts.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Unclassified
Dialects

None known. 45% intelligibility with standard Marwari [rwr], 57%–67% with Merwari [wry], 58%–66% with Shekhawati [swv], 44%–67% with Godwari [gdx], 61%–71% with Mewari [mtr], 64%–73% with Dhundari [dhd], 52%–70% with Mewati [wtm], 55%–62% with Bagri [bgq], 63%–77% with Hindi [hin]. A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani [raj].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village; market, religion. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], with widespread bilingualism. 40% have very good proficiency, with greater proficiency among the educated.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 75% in Kota District (2001 census). Literature. NT: 1822.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Haroti
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Hindu, Jain, Muslim.