Hadauti or Harauti (Hadoti) is an Indo-Aryan language of Rajasthani languages group spoken by approximately four million people in the Hadoti region of southeastern Rajasthan, India. Its speakers are concentrated in the districts of Kota, Baran, Bundi and Jhalawar in Rajasthan, as well as in neighbouring areas of Madhya Pradesh.
| Hadauti | |
|---|---|
| Hadoti | |
| हाड़ौती, हाड़ोती | |
 The word "Hadauti" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India (Hadoti region of Rajasthan) |
| Region | Hadauti |
Native speakers | 2,944,356 (2011 census)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.[2] |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hoj |
| Glottolog | hado1235 |
 A map of the distribution of native Hadauti speakers in India | |
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 the perfect depending on the nature of the accusative marker.[3]
Some sample translations
edit| Standard Rajasthani | Harauti | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| अठै (atthai) | अठी (atthee) | Here |
| वठै/उठै (vatthai/utthai) | वठी/उठी (vatthee/utthee) | There |
| कोनी (koni) | कोइने/कोने(koine) | No |
| आवैलो/आवैली (availo/availi) | आवगो/आवगी (avogo/avogi) | Will come |
Writing system
editIn India, Hadauti is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida which is written from left to right. Earlier, the Mahajani script, or Modiya, was used to write Rajasthani. The script is also called as Maru Gurjari in a few records.[4][5]
Background of Hadauti
editThe Hadauti language is a regional variety of the Rajasthani language spoken by a community in and near the Kota region in Rajasthan, India, and some parts of neighboring Madhya Pradesh. It belongs to the Central-Eastern Rajasthani subgroup of the Indo-Aryan family, as classified by Grierson and Doshi & Purohit. It was included in the Indian Census until 1961, and was classified as one of the mother tongues grouped under Hindi along with Rajasthani language. According to Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India, Hadauti is spoken in the districts of Kota, Baran, Bundi and Jhalawar in Rajasthan, as well as in neighbouring areas of Madhya Pradesh.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Abstract of speakers’ strength of languages and mother tongues –2001
- ^ a b c Dwivedi, Amitabh Vikram (2012). "The Status of Haroti: An Enquiry into Rajastani Language". Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Goaria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ^ "Dhatki". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ^ Potter, Gulab Chand; Kar, Somdev. "REVIVAL OF ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: A CASE STUDY OF HADOTI". International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics: 3.
Further reading
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- Dwivedi, Amitabh Vikram (2012). "The Status of Haroti: An Enquiry into Rajastani Language".
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