Mewari | Ethnologue

A language of India

ISO 639: mtr
Alternate Names: Mewadi
Autonym: मेवाड़ी‎ (Mewadi)
Population: 4,210,000 (2011 census).
Location:: Rajasthan state: Bhilwara, Chittoaurgarh, and Udaipur districts; Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh states.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Marwari
Dialects: Khairari. 54% intelligibility with Marwari [rwr]. Lexical similarity: 81%–97% between dialects, 73%–91% with Marwari, 75%–90% with Wagri-Dhevdi, 72%–89% with Malvi [mup], 54%–72% with Merwari [wry], 57%–66% with Shekhawati [swv], 51%–73% with Godwari [gdx], 56%–64% with Dhundari [dhd], 69%–84% with Haroti [hoj]. A member of macrolanguage Marwari [mwr].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Home, village. Positive attitudes. Many also use Hindi [hin]. Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 38% (2001 census). Radio. Bible portions: 1815.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mewari
Writing: Devanagari script [Deva].
Other Comments: Different from Mewati, dialect of Haryanvi [bgc]. Hindu, traditional religion.

Location: Rajasthan state: Bhilwara, Chittoaurgarh, and Udaipur districts; Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh states.