Dialects of Rajasthani

It is a perplexing question as to ask the number of dialects of Rajasthani language. Many scholars have classified Rajasthani further into its dialects according to their understanding. After Sir George Abraham Grierson and M. L. Menariya, many linguists agree with the notion "the dialects of Rajasthani should be classified on the basis of cultural blocks they belong to." (Gusain:2000 pp. 3)

According to Gusain (2000), major dialects of Rajasthani are:

• Bagri
• Shekhawati
• Mewati
• Marwari
• Dhundhari
• Harauti
• Mewari
• Wagdi

Some of the recognized minor dialects of Rajasthani are:

• Dhatki
• Goaria
• Loarki
• Gade Lohar
• Thali
• Sansiboli
• Romany
• Gujari or Gojari
• Malvi
• Nimadi

Prominent linguists

Linguists and their work and year:

• Anvita Abbi: Bagri, 1993
• Christopher Shackle: Bagri and Saraiki, 1976
• David Magier: Marwari, 1983
• George Abraham Grierson : Almost all the dialects of Rajasthani, 1920
• George Macalister: Dhundhari and Shekhawati, 1892
• John D. Smith: Rajasthani, 1970-present
• J. C. Sharma: Gade lohar, Wagri or Bhili, Gojri, 1970-present
• Kali Charan Bahl: Rajasthani, 1971-1989
• K. C. Agrawal: Shekhawati, 1964
• Luigi pio tessitori: Rajasthani and Marwari, 1914-16
• Lakhan Gusain: all the dialects of Rajasthani, 1990-present
• Liudmila Khokhlova: Rajasthani and Marwari, 1990-present
• Narottam Das Swami: Rajasthani and Marwari, 1960
• Peter E. Hook: Rajasthani and Marwari, 1986
• Ram Karan Asopa: Rajasthani and Marwari, 1890-1920
• Sita Ram Lalas: Rajasthani language, 1950-1970
• Suniti Kumar Chatterjee: Rajasthani, 1948-49

Grammatical Works on Rajasthani

• Agrawal, K.C. 1964. Shekhawati boli ka varnatmak adhyayan. Lucknow: Lucknow University
• Allen, W.S. 1957. Aspiration in the Harauti nominal. Oxford: Studies in Linguistics
• Allen, W.S. 1957. Some phonological characteristics of Rajasthani. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 20:5-11
• Allen, W.S. 1960. Notes on the Rajasthani Verb. Indian Linguistics, 21:1-13
• Asopa, R.K. 1950. Marwari Vyakaran. Jaipur: Popular Prakashan
• Bahl, K.C. 1972. On the present state of Modern Rajasthani Grammar. Jodhpur: Rajasthani Shodh Samsthan, Chaupasani (Rajasthani Prakirnak Prakashan Pushp, 5)
• Bahl, K.C. 1980. aadhunik raajasthaani kaa sanracanaatamak vyaakaran . Jodhpur: Rajasthani Shodh Samsthan
• Chatterji, S.K. 1948. Rajasthani Bhasha. Udaipur: Rajasthan Vidayapith
• Gusain, Lakhan. 1994. Reflexives in Bagri. M.Phil. dissertation. New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Gusain, Lakhan. 1999. A Descriptive Grammar of Bagri. Ph.D. dissertation. New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Gusain, Lakhan. 2000a. Limitations of Literacy in Bagri. Nicholas Ostler & Blair Rudes (eds.). Endangered Languages and Literacy. Proceedings of the Fourth FEL Conference. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 21-24 September, 2000
• Gusain, Lakhan. 2000b. Bagri. München: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials, 384)
• Gusain, Lakhan. 2001. Shekhawati. München: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials, 385)
• Gusain, Lakhan. 2002. Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli. M.S. Thirumalai(ed.). Language in India, Vol. 2:9
• Gusain, Lakhan. 2003. Mewati. München: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials, 386)
• Gusain, Lakhan. 2004. Marwari. München: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials, 427)
• Hook, Peter and Man Singh Mohabbat Singh Chauhan. 1986. Grammatical Capture in Rajasthani. Scott DeLancey and Russell Tomlin, (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of the Pacific Linguistics Conference. Eugene: Deptt. of Linguistics. 203-20
• Hook, Peter and Man Singh Mohabbat Singh Chauhan.1988. The Perfective Adverb in Bhitrauti. Word 39:177-86
• Hook, Peter and Man Singh Mohabbat Singh Chauhan. 1988. On the Functions and Origin of the Extended Verb in Southern Rajasthani. Gave.sa.naa 51:39-57
• Khokhlova, Liudmila Viktorovna. in press. "Infringement of Morphological and Syntactic Operations' Pairing in "Second Causative" Formation (Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Rajasthani)." Indian Linguistics 64.
• Lalas, S.R. 1962-78. Rajasthani Sabad Kol. 9 Volumes. Jodhpur: Rajasthani Shodh Samsthan
• Macalister, George. 1898. A Dictionary of the Dialects Spoken in the State of Jeypore. 1st edition. Allahabad: Printed at the Allahabad Mission Press
• Magier, David S. 1983. Topics in the Grammar of Marwari. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California
• Magier, David S. 1984. Transitivity and valence: Some lexical processes in Marwari. Berkeley Linguistic Society 10
• Magier, David S. 1985. Case and Transitivity in Marwari. Arlene R.K. Zide, David Magier & Eric Schiller (eds.). Proceedings of the Conference on Participant Roles: South Asia and Adjacent Areas. An Ancillary Meeting of the CLS Regional Meeting, April 25 1984, University of Chicago. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Linguistics Club. 149-59
• Meena,Ram Lakhana,2004,Book;Contrastive Morphology of Hindi & Rajasthani.
• Meena,Ram Lakhana,2005,Artical;Contrastive Morphology of Hindi & Rajasthani Verb-formation.
• Miltner, V. 1964. Old Gujarati, Middle Gujarati, and Middle Rajasthani sentence structure. Bharatiya Vidya 24:9-31
• Sakaria, B. & B. Sakaria. 1977. Rajasthani-Hindi Shabda-Kosh. Jaipur: Panchsheel Prakashan
• Shackle, Christopher (1976). The Saraiki Language of Central Pakistan: A Reference Grammar. London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
• Shackle, Christopher (1977). "Saraiki: A Language Movement in Pakistan". Modern Asian Studies 11 (3): 279–403.
• Smith, J.D. 1975. An Introduction to the Language of the Historical Documents from Rajasthan. Modern Asian Studies 9.4:433-64
• Swami, N.D. 1960. Sankshipta Rajasthani Vyakaran. Bikaner: Rajasthani Research Institute
• Swami, N.D. 1975. Rajasthani Vyakaran. Bikaner: Navyug
• Tessitori, L.P. 1914-16. Notes on the Grammar of Old Western Rajasthani. Indian Antiquary:43-5