Dhundari

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
dhd
Alternate Names
Dhundari-Marwari, Jaipuri
Population

1,870,000 (2001 census).

Location

Rajasthan, Jaipur, Dausa, and Tonk districts. Possibly in Bundi, Kota, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Jhalawar, northern Karauli, and Sawai Madhopur districts.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Marwari
Dialects

54% intelligibility of Marwari [rwr]; 86% of Shekhawati [swv]. Lexical similarity: 75%–89% with dialects; 62%–70% with Merwari [wry], 65%–81% with Shekhawati [swv], 46%–66% with Godwari [gdx], 56%–64% with Mewari [mtr], 64%–73% with Haroti [hoj], 62%–67% with Mewati [wtm], 59% with Hindi [hin]. A member of macrolanguage Marwari [mwr].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. Positive attitudes. Widespread bilingualism in Hindi [hin] but not all are fluent; educated have more fluency in Hindi.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dhundari
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Hindu, Muslim.