Harauti language

Harauti (Hadoti) is a Rajasthani language, spoken by approximately four million people in the Hadoti region of southeastern Rajasthan in district Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar, and Baran and neighbouring areas in Madhya Pradesh.

Harauti
Hadoti
हाड़ौती, हाड़ोती
Native to	India (Hadoti region of Rajasthan)
Native speakers	2,944,356 (2011 census)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.[2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Rajasthani–Marwari Marwari Harauti
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hoj
Glottolog	hado1235

It has a nominative marker /nɛ/, which is absent in other Rajasthani languages.[3]

Its word order is the typical subject–object–verb.[3] Its characteristic feature, unlike Hindi, is the presence or absence of agentive marker in perfect, depending on the nature of accusative marker.[3]

See also

• Rajasthani
• Malvi
• Mewari

References

1. "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
2. Abstract of speakers’ strength of languages and mother tongues –2001
3. Dwivedi, Amitabh Vikram (2012). "The Status of Haroti: An Enquiry into Rajastani Language". Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

Further reading

• Dwivedi, Amitabh Vikram (2012). "The Status of Haroti: An Enquiry into Rajastani Language". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)