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Hadothi

A language of India

ISO 639-3: hoj

Population  4,730,000 (2001 census).
Region  Rajasthan, Kota, Jhalawar, Bundi, Baran districts; Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior District.
Alternate names   Hadauti, Hadoti, Harauti, Piploda
Dialects  45% intelligibility with standard Marwari [rwr], 57%–67% with Merwari [wry], 58%–66% with Shekhawati [swv], 44%–67% with Godwari [gdx], 61%–71% with Mewari [mtr], 64%–73% with Dhundari [dhd], 52%–70% with Mewati [wtm], 55%–62% with Bagri [bgq] 83%–99% between dialects including varieties of Mina [myi], 63%–77% with Hindi.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Unclassified
A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani [raj] (India).
Language use  Vigorous. Home, village; market, religion. Positive attitude. Many also use Hindi.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 75% in Kota District. NT: 1822.
Writing system  Devanagari script.
Comments  SOV. Hindu, Muslim, Jain.

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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

KOSHY, Binoy, author; KELSALL, Juliana, editor. 2012. "Sociolinguistic survey of selected Rajasthani speech varieties of Rajasthan, India, Volume 3: Hadothi."  Available online