Editing Marwari language (section)

{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Marwari
| image            = Marwari_dev_mahajani_urdu.png
| imagecaption     = The word ''Marwari'' written in [[Devanagari]], [[Mahajani]] and [[Perso-Arabic script]]
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|mwr|mɑɾvɑɽi|}}
| states           = [[India]]
| ethnicity        = [[Marwari people|Marwari]]
| region           = [[Marwar]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|20.609400|2}} million, total count
| date             = 2011 census
| speakers2        = (additional speakers counted under Hindi)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=7 July 2018}}</ref>
| ref              = e26
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3             = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4             = [[Western Indo-Aryan languages|Western]]<ref>[http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Indogermanisch.doc Ernst Kausen, 2006. ''Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen''] ([[Microsoft Word]], 133 KB)</ref>
| fam5             = [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]]
| script           = [[Devanagari]] (in India)<br />[[Perso-Arabic script|Perso-Arabic]] (in Pakistan)<br />[[Mahajani]] (historical)
| iso1             = 
| iso2             = mwr
| iso3             = mwr
| lc1              = dhd
| ld1              = [[Dhundari language|Dhundari]]
| lc2              = rwr
| ld2              = Marwari (India)
| lc3              = mve
| ld3              = Marwari (Pakistan)
| lc4              = wry
| ld4              = [[Merwari language|Merwari]]
| lc5              = mtr
| ld5              = [[Mewari language|Mewari]]
| lc6              = swv
| ld6              = [[Shekhawati language|Shekhawati]]
| glotto           = none
| glotto2          = raja1256
| glottoname2      = scattered in Rajasthani
| glottorefname2   = Rajasthani
| map              = File:Marwari map.PNG
| mapcaption       = Dark green indicates Marwari speaking home area in Rajasthan, light green indicates additional dialect areas where speakers identify their language as Marwari.
}}
[[File:Rajasthani dialects.gif|thumb|Geographical distribution of Rajasthani languages]]

'''Marwari''' ({{lang|mwr-Deva|मारवाड़ी}}, {{lang|mwr-Arab|مارواڑی}}, {{Transliteration|mwr|Mārwāṛī}}){{efn|also rendered as ''Marwadi'' or ''Marvadi''}} is a [[Western Indo-Aryan languages|Western Indo-Aryan language]] belonging to the [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] subdivision of the [[Indo-European]] languages. Marwari and its closely related varieties like [[Dhundhari language|Dhundhari]], [[Shekhawati language|Shekhawati]] and [[Mewari language|Mewari]] form a part of the broader Rajasthani language family. It is spoken in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]], as well as the neighbouring states of [[Gujarat]] and [[Haryana]], some adjacent areas in eastern parts of [[Pakistan]], and some migrant communities in [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frawley |first=William J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ftQEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22marwari+language%22+%22gujarat%22&pg=PA294 |title=International Encyclopedia of Linguistics |date=2003-05-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977178-3 |language=en |quote="Marwari : also called Rajasthani, Merwari, Marvari. 12,963,000 speakers in India and Nepal. In India: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, throughout India. Dialects are Standard Marwari, Jaipuri, Shekawati, Dhundhari, Bikaneri."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Upreti |first=Bhuwan Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5uAAAAMAAJ&q=%22marwari+language%22+%22nepal%22 |title=Indians in Nepal: A Study of Indian Migration to Kathmandu |date=1999 |publisher=Kalinga Publications |isbn=978-81-85163-10-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marwari Mahotsav 2018 |url=http://ecs.com.np/features/marwari-mahotsav-2018 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=ECS NEPAL |language=en}}</ref> There are two dozen varieties of Marwari.

Marwari is popularly written in [[Devanagari]] script, as are many languages of [[India]] and [[Nepal]], including [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], and [[Sanskrit]]; although it was historically written in [[Mahajani]], it is still written in the [[Perso-Arabic script]] by the Marwari minority in Eastern parts of [[Pakistan]] (the standard/western [[Naskh (script)|Naskh]] script variant is used in [[Sindh Province]], and the eastern [[Nastaʿlīq|Nastalik]] variant is used in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab Province]]), where it has educational status but where it is rapidly shifting to [[Urdu]].<ref name="ethnologue-mve">{{cite web |title=Pakistani Marwari |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mve |website=Ethnologue |access-date=4 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Marwari has no official status in India and is not used as a language of education. Marwari is still spoken widely in [[Jodhpur district|Jodhpur]], [[Pali district|Pali]], [[Jaisalmer]], [[Barmer district|Barmer]], [[Nagaur]], and [[Bikaner]].