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.