Rajasthani | |
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Ethnicity | Rajasthanis |
Geographic distribution | Rajasthan, Malwa (MP) |
Native speakers | 46 million[a][1] (2011 census)[1] |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | raja1256 |
Rajasthani languages are a branch of Western Indo-Aryan languages. It is spoken primarily in Rajasthan and Malwa, and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India. There are also speakers in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. Rajasthani is also spoken to a lesser extent in Nepal where it is spoken by 25,394 people according to the 2011 Census of Nepal.[3]
The term Rajasthani is also used to refer to a literary language mostly based on Marwari.[4]: 441
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