Malvi language

Dialect of Rajasthani Language

Malvi
माळवी
Native toIndia
RegionMalwa region (parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Native speakers
5.4 million (2011 census)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Western
        • Rajasthani
          • Malvi
Writing system
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3mup
Glottologmalv1243  Malvi

Malvi or Malwi (माळवी भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Malwa region of India. It is a dialect of Rajasthani language.

Writing system

In India, Malvi is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida which is written from left to right. Earlier, the Mahajani script, or Modiya, was used to write Rajasthani. The script is also called as Maru Gurjari in a few records.[2][3]

The dialects of Malvi are as follows:

Ujjani is prestigious form of Malvi language.

Some sample translations

Standard Rajasthani Ujjani Meaning
अठै (atthai) यां (yaan) Here
वठै/उठै (vatthai/utthai) वां (vaan) There
कोनी (koni) नी(nee) No
आवैलो/आवैली (availo/availi) आवेगो/आवेगी (avego/avegi) Will come


Rajwadi dialect of Malvi is influenced by Mewari and Marwari

Some sample translations

Standard Rajasthani Rajwadi Meaning
अठै (atthai) अटे(atte) Here
वठै/उठै (vatthai/utthai) वटे (vatte) There
कोनी (koni) कोनी(koni) No
आवैलो/आवैली (availo/availi) आवेगा/आवेगा (avogo/avogi) neutral in this condition Will come


Umathwadi is Malvi with some features of Hadauti


About 75% of the Malvi population can converse in Hindi, which is the official language of the Madhya Pradesh state, and literacy rate in a second language such as Hindi is about 40%. There are many unpublished materials in this language.

See also

  • Rangri dialect (Malvi)

Which is spoken by Rajputs of Malwa and it sounds similar to Rajwadi Dialect

References

  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Goaria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Dhatki". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  4. ^ "pg no 293,296".
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