Malvi
Malvi is an Indo-European language spoken in India, by about 10 million people.
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Malvi or Malwi (माळवी भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Malwa region of India, particularly in Madhya Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan. It is a dialect of the Rajasthani language. About 75% of the Malvi population can converse in Hindi, which is the official language of Madhya Pradesh. The literacy rate in Hindi is approximately 40% among Malvi speakers. Many unpublished works of Malvi literature have been created over the years, with limited mainstream recognition.
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Words in Malvi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | monok* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | ankh* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nakh* | |
| tooth | dat* | |
| tongue | jib* | |
| blood | loi* | |
| bone | hodko* | |
| skin | Camodo* | |
| water | पाणी | pāṇī |
| fire | lay* | |
| sun | donbabo* | |
| star | taro* | |
| stone | bhato* | |
| tree | jhad* | |
| leaf | katoy* | |
| night | rat* | |
| dog | kutro* | |
| fish | moChi* | |
| one | ek* | |
| two | do* | |
| I | hu* | |
| you | tu* | |
| we | hom* | |
| drink | piyo* | |
| see | dekh* | |
| hear | sun* | |
| die | mor* | |
| come | ayo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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