Malvi
A language of India
| Population | 10,400,000 (2003). 20% monolingual. |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh, Ujjain, Indore, Rathlam, Mandsaur, Rajgarh, Dewas, Shajapur, Nimuch, Sehore, Dhar, Bhopal districts; Rajasthan, Jhalawar District. Sondwari dialect geographically isolated from the others. |
| Alternate names | Malavi, Mallow, Malwada, Malwi, Ujjaini |
| Dialects | Ujjaini (Malvi Proper, Avanthika), Rajawadi, Umadwadi, Sondwari (Soudhwari, Sondhwadi). Considered the standard variety, Southeastern Rajasthani Nimadi [noe] is most similar language with 70% intelligibility. 88%–92% intelligibility of Ujjaini dialect by other dialects. Lexical similarity: 65%–89% among dialects. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Unclassified A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani [raj] (India). |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, village, religion. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 58% for rural Madhya Pradesh. Government project discontinued due to low response. Poetry. Radio programs. Dictionary. NT: 1826. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | SOV; nontonal. Agriculturalists. Hindu, Muslim. |
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