Mewari

A language of India

Mewadi

मेवाड़ी‎ (Mewadi)

4,210,000 (2011 census).

Rajasthan state: Bhilwara, Chittoaurgarh, and Udaipur districts; Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh states.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Marwari

Dialects

Khairari. 54% intelligibility with Marwari [rwr]. Lexical similarity: 81%–97% between dialects, 73%–91% with Marwari, 75%–90% with Wagri-Dhevdi, 72%–89% with Malvi [mup], 54%–72% with Merwari [wry], 57%–66% with Shekhawati [swv], 51%–73% with Godwari [gdx], 56%–64% with Dhundari [dhd], 69%–84% with Haroti [hoj]. A member of macrolanguage Marwari [mwr].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Home, village. Positive attitudes. Many also use Hindi [hin]. Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 38% (2001 census). Radio. NT: 2021.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Mewari

Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Different from Mewati, dialect of Haryanvi [bgc]. Hindu, traditional religion.