Indo-European · ISO 639-3 swv
Shekhawati Language शेखावाटी
Shekhawati is an Indo-European language spoken by about 3.7 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Shekhawati is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Shekhawati
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
- Shekhawati
Writing system
Devanagari script
Related languages
About the Shekhawati language
Shekhawati (शेखावाटी) is spoken by about 3.7 million people, which makes it the 223rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Georgian (3.7 million) and ahead of Garhwali (3.6 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Rajasthani group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Shekhawati spoken?
Shekhawati is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (3.9 million).
Shekhawati is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Shekhawati 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, Merwari and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 swv.
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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.