Malvi language
{{Short description|Dialect of Rajasthani Language}}
{{distinguish|text=the Malwai dialect of Punjabi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Malvi
|nativename=माळवी
|states=India
|region = Malwa region (parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
|speakers= {{sigfig|5.442405|2}} million
|date=2011 census
|speakers2=
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=Indo-Iranian
|fam3=Indo-Aryan
|fam4=Western
|fam5=Rajasthani
|script=Devanagari
|iso3=mup
|lc1=|ld1=
|glotto=malv1243
|glottoname=Malvi
Ahiri
|glotto2=
|glottoname2=
|map=
|mapcaption=Malvi-speaking districts in India{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Goaria |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/15/show_language.asp?code=gig |access-date=9 August 2009 |publisher=Ethnologue}}{{cite web |title=Dhatki |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/15/show_language.asp?code=mki |access-date=9 August 2009 |publisher=Ethnologue}}
The dialects of Malvi are as follows:
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Ujjani is prestigious form of Malvi language.
Some sample translations
Some sample translations
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|+ !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 (avega/avega) neutral in this condition |Will come |
- Umathwadi (Rajgarh district)
Umathwadi is Malvi with some features of Hadauti
- Sondhwadi (Jhalawar district, Ujjain,Agar Malwa)
- Bhoyari/Pawari (Betul, Chhindwara, Padhurna, Wardha Districts){{Cite web |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/lsi/|title=pg no 293,296 }}
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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 There are many unpublished materials in this language.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
Which is spoken by Rajputs of Malwa and it sounds similar to Rajwadi Dialect
References
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{{Indo-Aryan languages}}
{{Languages of India}}
Category:Languages written in Devanagari
Category:Languages listed as Hindi dialects in latest census
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