Malvi language

Malvi
Malvi
मालवी
Native to	India
Region	Malwa region (parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Native speakers	5.4 million (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Rajasthani Malvi; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mup
Glottolog	malv1243 Malvi

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Malvi, or Malwi, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Malwa region of India. It is closely related to Nimadi, which is spoken in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh.

The dialects of Malvi are Ujjaini (Ujjain, Dhar, Indore, Dewas, Shajapur, Sehore districts), Rajawadi (Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch districts), Umathwadi (Rajgarh district), and Sondhwadi (Jhalawar district). Ujjaini is the prestige dialect, and the language as a whole sometimes goes by that name.mixed dialect of malvi bhoyari speak in betul and chhindwada district.^[2]

About 75% of the Malvi population can converse in Hindi, which is the official language of the Madhya Pradesh state, and literacy rate in a second language such as Hindi is about 40%. There are many unpublished materials in this language.

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↑ "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.
↑ "pg no 293,296".

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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] "pg no 293,296".

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