Malvi or Malwi (माळवी भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language, spoken in the Malwa region of India, in parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Writing system
In India, Malvi is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida which is written from left to right. Earlier, the Mahajani script, or Modiya, was used to write Rajasthani. The script is also called as Maru Gurjari in a few records.
The dialects of Malvi are as follows:
- Malvi
- Ujjani (Ujjain, Dhar, Indore, Dewas, Shajapur, Sehore, Agar Malwa districts)
Ujjani is prestigious form of Malvi language.
Some sample translations
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Standard Rajasthani (Marwari)
!Ujjani
!Meaning
|-
|अठै (atthai)
|यां (yaan)
|Here
|-
|वठै/उठै (vatthai/utthai)
|वां (vaan)
|There
|-
|कोनी (koni)
|नी(nee)
|No
|-
|आवैलो/आवैली (availo/availi)
|आवेगो/आवेगी (avego/avegi)
|Will come
|}
- Rajawadi (Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam districts)
Rajwadi dialect of Malvi is influenced by Mewari and Marwari
Some sample translations
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Standard Rajasthani (Marwari)
!Rajwadi
!Meaning
|-
|अठै (atthai)
|अटे(atte)
|Here
|-
|वठै/उठै (vatthai/utthai)
|वटे (vatte)
|There
|-
|कोनी (koni)
|कोनी(koni)
|No
|-
|आवैलो/आवैली (availo/availi)
|आवेगा/आवेगा (avega/avega) neutral in this condition
|Will come
|}
- Umathwadi (Rajgarh district)
Umathwadi is Malvi with some features of Hadauti
- Sondhwadi (Jhalawar district, Ujjain, Agar Malwa)
- Bhoyari/Pawari (Betul, Chhindwara, Padhurna, Wardha Districts)
About 75% of the Malvi population can converse in Hindi, which is the official language of the Madhya Pradesh state, and literacy rate in a second language such as Hindi is about 40%. There are many unpublished materials in this language.
See also
- Rangri dialect (Malvi)
Which is spoken by Rajputs of Malwa and it sounds similar to Rajwadi Dialect