Indo-European · ISO 639-3 gdx
Godwari Language गोड़वाड़ी
Godwari is an Indo-European language spoken by about 3.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts.
Where Godwari is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Godwari
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
- Continental Indo-Aryan
- Midlands Indo-Aryan
- Apabhramsic
- Gujarati-Rajasthani
- Rajasthani
- Mewati-Gojri
- Godwari
Writing system
Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts
Related languages
About the Godwari language
Godwari (गोड़वाड़ी) is spoken by about 3.0 million people, which makes it the 252nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Pular (3.0 million) and ahead of Hunsrik (3.0 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Mewati-Gojri group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Godwari spoken?
Godwari is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (3.0 million).
Godwari is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Godwari is written in the Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Marwari (India), Mewati, Gujari, Dhundari, Lambadi, Mewari and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 gdx.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.