Rajasthani Language
Rajasthani (Devanagari: राजस्थानी) (Urdu: راجستهانى), is a dialect cluster of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 20 million people in Rajasthan and neighboring states of India and Pakistan, or 50 million if Marwari is counted as Rajasthani, as it often is. It is one of the languages descended from Old Gujarati, AKA Maru-Gujar or Maruwani, the other being modern Gujarati.
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