Alternate Names: Mewathi
Dialects: 45% intelligibility of Marwari ,. Over 90% intelligibility of Alwar District dialect throughout Mewati area. Dialect in the Nuh area of Gurgaon is considered purest. Lexical similarity: 72%–77% with Hindi ,, 63%–68% with Haryanvi ,, 57%–70% with Shekhawati ,, 62%–67% with Dhundari ,, 52%–70% with Haroti ,, 68%–71% with Braj Bhasha ,, 86%–99% between all varieties of Mewati.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 645,000 (2001 census). 51,600 monolinguals (2006).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. 25% also use Hindi [hin]. An Arabic language or Urdu [urd] also used.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25% (2006). Taught in primary schools.
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: People are called Meo; many Urdu , loanwords. Muslim, Hindu.