Malvi language

Malvi
Malvi
माळवी
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

Malvi or Malwi (माळवी भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Malwa region of India. It is a dialect of Rajasthani language.

The dialects of Malvi are as follows:

Malvi
- Ujjaini (Ujjain, Dhar, Indore, Dewas, Shajapur, Sehore, Agar Malwa districts)
- Rajawadi (Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch districts)
- Umathwadi (Rajgarh district)
- Sondhwadi (Jhalawar district)
- Bhoyari/Pawari (Betul, Chhindwara, Padhurna, Wardha Districts)^[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 There are many unpublished materials in this language.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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