Alternate Names: Mewadi
Dialects: Khairari. 54% intelligibility with Marwari ,. Lexical similarity: 81%–97% between dialects, 73%–91% with Marwari, 75%–90% with Wagri-Dhevdi, 72%–89% with Malvi ,, 54%–72% with Merwari ,, 57%–66% with Shekhawati ,, 51%–73% with Godwari ,, 56%–64% with Dhundari ,, 69%–84% with Haroti ,. A member of macrolanguage Marwari ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,100,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Home, village. Positive attitudes. 43% also use Hindi [hin].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 38% (2001 census). Radio programs. Bible portions: 1815.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Different from Mewati, dialect of Haryanvi ,. Hindu, traditional religion.