- Malvi language
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Malvi Spoken in India (Malva region of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan) Native speakers 16.4 million (2011) Language family Indo-European- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Central Indo-Aryan
- Rajasthani
- Malvi
- Rajasthani
- Central Indo-Aryan
- Indo-Aryan
Language codes ISO 639-3 mup Malvi (Malavi, Mallow, Malwada, Malwi) is the language of the Malva region of India, with sixteen million speakers. Nimadi, spoken in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan, is its closest relative. The dialects of Malvi are Ujjaini (Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Shajapur, Sehore districts), Rajawadi (Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch districts), Umathwadi (Rajgarh district), and Sondhwadi (Rjgarh, Jhalawar district). 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language of the Madhya Pradesh state, and literacy rate in a second language such as Hindi is about 60%.There are many unpublished materials in this language. [1]
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