Rajasthani Language is one of the prominent members of Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by around 80 million peoples in Rajasthan and other states of India. Rajasthani is spoken in Rajasthan, Haryana some parts of western Madhya Pradesh in Malwa, and Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. Rajasthan's folk literature is rich and varied in its nature and exists in forms of the folk songs, so famous folklores, witty sayings and proverbs, riddles and much-treasured folk-plays known as 'khayals'. The most common language of Rajasthan is Marwari, spoken mainly in and around Jodhpur district. The mixed dialects of Marwari are also spoken in Barmer, Jalore, Pali, part of Nagaur district. In the east, it influences the dialects of Ajmer, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, to the south in Sirohi district and in the west, it affects the dialects of Jaisalmer district. Bikaner, Churu, Sikar and Jhunjhunu districts in the north are also influenced by Marwari while in the northwest, it is spoken with Punjabi influence in the Ganganagar district.
Major variant of Rajasthani languages:
1. Mewari: About 5 million speakers in Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Udaipur, and Chittorgarh districts of Rajasthan state of India.
1. Mewari: About 5 million speakers in Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Udaipur, and Chittorgarh districts of Rajasthan state of India.
2. Bagri: About 5 million speakers in Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts of Rajasthan, Sirsa and Hissar districts of Haryana.It is spoken in Fazilka and in some villages of Mukatsar district of Punjab of India as minority language. Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar areas of Punjab of Pakistan.
3. Shekhawati: About 3 million speakers in Churu, Jhunjhunu and Sikar districts of Rajasthan.
4. Ahirwati: spoken in Mahendragarh and Rewari districts of Haryana.
5. Marwari: About 13 million speakers in western Rajasthan comprising Jodhpur, Pali, Sirohi, Jalore, Jaisalmer, Churu, Bikaner, Nagaur, Ajmer, and Barmer districts of Rajasthan. It is also spoken in eastern parts of upper Sindh province of Pakistan.
6. Dhundhari: About 9 million persons in Jaipur, Dausa, Tonk, Ajmer, Karauli and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan. It was first surveyed by G. Macliester who published specimens of 15 varieties of Dhundhari spoken in the territory of the former state of Jaipur in 1898.
7. Hadoti: About 4 million speakers in Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar districts of Rajasthan. It has a nominative marker which is absent in other dialects of Rajasthani.
8. Wagdi: About 3–5 million speakers in Banswara, Dungarpur, Kushalgarh, and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan state of India.
9. Mewati: About 5 million speakers in Mewat region of Haryana(Gurgaon and Mewat districts) and adjoining Alwar district of Rajasthan.
Posts
