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Dhundari

A language of India

ISO 639-3: dhd

Population  9,000,000 (2002 L. Gusain).
Region  Rajasthan, Jaipur, Dausa, Tonk districts. Possibly in Bundi, Kota, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Jhalawar, northern Karauli, Sawai Madhopur districts.
Alternate names   Dhundari-Marwari, Jaipuri
Dialects  54% intelligibility with Marwari [rwr]; 86% with Shekhawati [swv]. Lexical similarity: 75%–89% between dialects; 62%–70% with Merwari [wry], 65%–81% with Shekhawati, 46%–66% with Godwari [gdx], 56% to 64% with Mewari [wry], 64%–73% with Harauti [hoj], 62%–67% with Mewati [wtm], 59% with Hindi.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Marwari
A member of macrolanguage Marwari [mwr] (India).
Language use  Good vitality. Home, village, market, religion. Positive attitude. Many also use Hindi.
Language development  Little interest in MT literacy.
Comments  SOV. Mostly Hindu, some Muslim.

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Academic Publications

ABRAHAM, Binny; JOSHUA, Marshall; KOSHY, Binoy; SAMUVEL, Nelson, authors; KELSALL, Juliana, editor. 2012. "Sociolinguistic survey of selected Rajasthani speech varieties of Rajasthan, India, Volume 1: Preliminary overview."  Available online

BENJAMIN, Theodor Gipson; NGWAZAH, Liahey, authors; KELSALL, Juliana, editor. 2012. "Sociolinguistic survey of selected Rajasthani speech varieties of Rajasthan, India, Volume 5: Dhundari and Shekhawati."  Available online