Indo-European · ISO 639-3 mup
Malvi Language मालवी
Malvi is an Indo-European language spoken by about 10 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Malvi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Malvi language
Malvi (मालवी) is spoken by about 10 million people, which makes it the 121st most spoken language in the world — just behind Iloko (10 million) and ahead of Nande (10 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Bhil group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Malvi spoken?
Malvi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (5.4 million).
Malvi is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Malvi is written in the Devanagari script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Bhili, Wagdi, Nimadi, Bhilali, Vasavi, Hindi and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 mup.
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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.