RAJASTHANI (properly RAJASTHANI, the

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• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of Rajasthan of

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• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana)  , an Indo-Aryan vernacular closely related to Gujarati (q.v.) . It is spoken in Rajputana and the adjoining parts of central India, and has several dialects the principal of which are Jaipuri, Marwari, Mewati and Malvi . Harauti, an important variety of Jaipuri, is spoken in the states of Kota and Bundi . Carey, the well-known Serampiir missionary, paid great attention to Rajasthani in the early part of the 19th century, translating the New Testament into no fewer than six dialects, viz . Harauti, Ujaini (i.e . Malvi), Udaipuri (a form of Marwari), Marwari proper, Jaipuri proper and Bikaneri (another form of Marwari) . In 1901 the total number of speakers of Rajasthani was 10,917,712 . (G . A .