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| Dhundhari | |
|---|---|
| ढूंढाड़ी | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Dhundhar |
Native speakers | 1,476,446 (2011 census)[1] |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dhd |
| Glottolog | dhun1238 |
Dhundhari (ढूंढाड़ी), also known as Jaipuri, is a Rajasthani language within the Indo-Aryan language family. It is spoken in the Dhundhar region of northeastern Rajasthan state, India. Dhundari-speaking people are found in four districts – Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa, Tonk and some parts of Sikar, Karauli[2] and Gangapur District.
With some 1.5 million speakers, it is not the largest speaking dialect in Rajasthan, though fairly used in the regions mentioned above. Dhundhari is spoken widely in and around Jaipur.
MacAlister completed the grammatical analysis on 24 February 1884. Books on Jain philosophy, such as Moksha Marga Prakashak, have been written in Dhundari by Acharya Kalpa Pt. Todarmalji. The Serampore missionaries translated the New Testament into Jaipuri proper in 1815.[3]
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ Dhundhari
- ^ "Memoir relative to the progress of the translations of the Sacred Scriptures, in the year 1815". Serampore, Printed at the Mission press. 1816.