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Indo-European · ISO 639-3 mwr

Marwari Language मारवाड़ी

Marwari is an Indo-European language spoken by about 14 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.

14 million
Speakers
1
Countries where it is spoken
0
Countries where it is official
Unknown
Endangerment status

Where Marwari is spoken

  • Official language
  • Regional official
  • Spoken by 10%+
  • 1–10%
  • Smaller communities

Countries that speak Marwari

Flag of India17 million · 1%

Language family

  1. Indo-European
  2. Classical Indo-European
  3. Indo-Iranian
  4. Marwari

Writing system

Devanagari script

Related languages

About the Marwari language

Marwari (मारवाड़ी) is spoken by about 14 million people. It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Indo-Iranian group within the Indo-Iranian branch.

Where is Marwari spoken?

Marwari is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (17 million).

Marwari is not a national official language anywhere.

Writing system and status

Marwari is written in the Devanagari script.

Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Marathi and 2 more.

ISO codes: ISO 639-3 mwr.

Frequently asked questions about Marwari

How many people speak Marwari?

About 14 million people.

Where is Marwari spoken?

Mostly in India (17 million).

What language family does Marwari belong to?

Marwari belongs to the Indo-European family: Indo-European › Classical Indo-European › Indo-Iranian.

What is Marwari called in Marwari?

Its speakers call it मारवाड़ी.

Is Marwari an endangered language?

Marwari is classed as unknown (Glottolog AES).

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.