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Rajasthan Mewati Language
Mewati language is an Indo Aryan language and is spoken by approximately five Million speakers in Bharatpur, Alwar and also in Dholpur districts of Rajasthan. Additionally Haryana’s Mewat district and also in some southern parts of Pakistan this Mewati language is widely spoken. Moreover in medieval period Rajasthani literature contribute a major part to Mewati language. In addition Ahirwati is also a Rajasthani language and even an Indo Aryan language. This language is heavily spoken in Rewari and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana. During ancient time, Ahirwati language was the idiom of Ahirs. The Robert Vane Russell wrote few scripts on Ahirwati language during British Raj era. Furthermore the Gurgaon regions of Punjab and in Rhotak, Mewati language are also spoken.
Mewati language includes 31 consonants and 9 vowels with two diphthongs. In Mewati language, Suprasegmentals are not very eminent as compared in other idioms of Rajasthani language. Also this language holds two number, they are plural and singular along with it contains two genders they are feminine and masculine. Mewati even inhabits three cases and that are, vocative, oblique and direct. The nouns in Mewati language decline as per their final segments. The case marking is postpositional and also pronouns are cultural and traditional in nature. Some of the pronouns are inflected by case and number. The gender is not identified in pronouns whereas Mewati grammar holds two sorts of adjectives and three tenses. The tenses are present, future and past. The participles functions as the adjectives.
Mewati language belongs to Indo European Language Family. This family also contains some group which are as follows:
The Indo Aryan
The Indo Iranian
Rajasthani – Marwari
ISO 639 -3
The phonology of Mewati language includes twenty plosives at five sites of articulation and each of them are voiced, aspirated, murmured and tenuis. Even the laterals and nasals can also be murmured.
Mewati language is considered as one of the four chief dialects of Rajasthan. Mewati is also regarded as language of Meos, which is a sub dialect of north-eastern Rajasthani. Different districts of Rajasthan have various languages and dialects. This Mewati language is used chiefly in Mewat region of Rajasthan. As per 2001 census, there are around one hundred thousands of Mewati language speakers in Meos region.