Indo-European · ISO 639-3 wry
Merwari Language मेरवारी
Merwari is an Indo-European language spoken by about 4.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Merwari is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Merwari
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
- Merwari
Writing system
Devanagari script
Related languages
About the Merwari language
Merwari (मेरवारी) is spoken by about 4.0 million people, which makes it the 211th most spoken language in the world — just behind Lithuanian (4.0 million) and ahead of Zarma (3.9 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Rajasthani group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Merwari spoken?
Merwari is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (3.9 million).
Merwari is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Merwari 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 Marwari (India), Dhundari, Mewati, Lambadi, Mewari, Shekhawati and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 wry.
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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.