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

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