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Marwari, or Marrubhasha, as it is referred to by Marwaris, is the traditional, historical, language of the Marwari ethnicity. The Marwari language is closely related to the Rajasthani language. The latter evolved from the Old Gujarati (also called Old Western Rajasthani , Gujjar Bhakha or Maru-Gurjar ), language spoken by the people in Gujarat ...
Marwari (मारवाड़ी, ماروارؕی, Mārwāṛī) [a] is a language within the Rajasthani language family of the Indo-Aryan languages. Marwari and its closely related varieties like Dhundhari, Shekhawati and Mewari form a part of the broader Rajasthani language family.
Marwari may refer to: anything of, from, or related to the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India, largely in the Thar Desert Marwari people, an Indian ethnic group originating in the Marwar region; Marwari language, the language of the Marwari people; Marwari horse, a horse breed from the Marwar region; Marwari sheep
English translation of the word 'Marwar' is the region protected by desert. [ 1 ] Historically, the term 'Marwar' referred to a geographical entity spanning a cultural area across nearly all of Rajasthan . [ 2 ]
Standard Rajasthani or Standard Marwari, a version of Rajasthani, the common lingua franca of Rajasthani people and is spoken by over 25 million people (2011) in different parts of Rajasthan. [7] It has to be taken into consideration, however, that some speakers of Standard Marwari are conflated with Hindi speakers in the census.
Jhunjhunwala is an Indian toponymic Marwari surname from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, India.They belong to Marwari community hailing from Rajasthan. Jhunjhunwalas follow Marwari traditions and are pure vegetarian community.
The Marwari Muslims or Marwadi Muslims (Marwari: मारवाड़ी मुसलमान, ماروارؕی مسلمان) are an Indian and Pakistani ethnic group that originate from the Rajasthan region of India. Their language, also called Marwari, is a dialect of Rajasthani and is a part of the western group of Indo-Aryan languages. [1]
They have two sub-divisions, the Marwari Salvi and Mewara Salvi, which are further sub-divided into smaller clans. With the decline in there traditional occupation of weaving, they are now mainly a community of landless agricultural labourers. A small number are still involved with weaving, and make thick cotton clothes and turban.