Marwari language

Marwari
Marwari
मारवाड़ी, મારવ઼ાડ઼ી
Pronunciation	[mɑɾvɑɽi]
Native to	India, Pakistan
Region	Marwar, Cholistan and Tharparkar
Ethnicity	Marwari
Native speakers	7.8 million, partial count[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western[2] Rajasthani Marwari; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Gujarati script; Mahajani
Language codes
ISO 639-2	mwr
ISO 639-3	mwr – inclusive code; Individual codes:; dhd – Dhundari; rwr – Marwari (India); mve – Marwari (Pakistan); wry – Merwari; mtr – Mewari; swv – Shekhawati
Glottolog	None; raja1256 Rajasthani
	Dark green indicates primary Marwari-speaking region, light green indicates additional dialect areas who count themselves as Marwari

Marwari is a dialect of Rajasthani language spoken in Rajasthan, India. It is also spoken in Pakistan primarily Sindh. It has 70 million speakers. It is spoken by the Marwari Rajasthani people. In India it is written in the Devanagari script while in Pakistan it is written in Nastalik.

References

"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[2] Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)