Shekhawati language explained

Shekhawati
Nativename:शेखावाटी/શેષાવાટી
States:India (Shekhawati region of Rajasthan)
Speakers:3 million
Date:2002
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Rajasthani
Script:Devanagari
Iso3:swv
Glotto:shek1243
Glottorefname:Shekhawati

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.[1] 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.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194604/http://www.sumania.com/lang/allindi10.html Shekhawati|Census 1931 provided by Government of India