DHD ISO 639-3
Dhundari
धुन्धारी (Dhundhari) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- dhd
- Alternate Names
- Dhundari-Marwari, Dhundhari, Jaipuri, Jhar-sahi boli, Kai kui ki boli, Marwari
- Autonym
- धुन्धारी (Dhundhari)
- Population
- 1,480,000 (2011 census).
- Location:
- Rajasthan state: Dausa, Jaipur, and Tonk districts; possibly in Ajmer, Bundi, Jhalawar, northern Karauli, Kishangarh, Kota, and Sawai Madhopur districts.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Marwari
- Dialects
- 54% intelligibility of Marwari [rwr]; 86% of Shekhawati [swv]. Lexical similarity: 75%–89% with dialects; 62%–70% with Merwari [wry], 65%–81% with Shekhawati [swv], 46%–66% with Godwari [gdx], 56%–64% with Mewari [mtr], 64%–73% with Haroti [hoj], 62%–67% with Mewati [wtm], 59% with Hindi [hin]. A member of macrolanguage Marwari [mwr].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], but the educated are more fluent.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Dhundari
- Writing
- Devanagari script [Deva].
- Other Comments
- Hindu, Muslim.
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Location: Rajasthan state: Dausa, Jaipur, and Tonk districts; possibly in Ajmer, Bundi, Jhalawar, northern Karauli, Kishangarh, Kota, and Sawai Madhopur districts.
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