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Indo-Aryan language of Rajasthan, India

Shekhawati
शेखावाटी
Native toIndia (Shekhawati region of Rajasthan)
Native speakers3 million (2002)
Language familyIndo-European
Writing systemDevanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3swv
Glottologshek1243

Shekhawati is an Indo-Aryan language of north-eastern Rajasthan, India. It belongs to the Rajasthani languages and is spoken by an estimated three million people in the Shekhawati region, which comprises the Jhunjhunu, Neem-Ka-Thana and Sikar districts according to Census 1931 provided by Government of India.

A descriptive grammar of Shekhawati was published in 2001. The word order of the language is typically SOV, and the phonology is characterised by the presence of implosive consonants and a distinct high tone.

References

  1. Shekhawati at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194604/http://www.sumania.com/lang/allindi10.html Shekhawati|Census 1931 provided by Government of India
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