Alternate Names: Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
Dialects: Barmeri, Bikaneri, Jaisalmeri, Standard Marwari (Jodhpuri). The standard form of Marwari. May or may not be different from Marwari of Pakistan ,. 67% intelligibility of Shekhawati ,, 61% of Godwari ,, 54% of Mewari ,, 54% of Dhundari ,, 45% of Haroti ,, and 45% of Mewati ,. 53% intelligibility of Shekawati by Marwari. Lexical similarity: 50%–65% with Hindi ,, 69%–76% with Merwari ,, 72%–87% between dialects, 62%–74% with Godwari ,, 61%–77% with Shekawati ,. A member of macrolanguage Marwari ,.
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Demographics: 5,600,000 in India (2007 SIL). Population total all countries: 5,622,600.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Educated have very good proficiency in Hindi [hin].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Poetry. Newspapers. New media. Radio programs. Grammar. NT: 1820–1821.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head final; content q-word in situ; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; both tense and aspect; 38 consonant and 10 vowel phonemes; nontonal.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Hindu, Jain, Muslim.