PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
GREAT INDIAN DESERT
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Question
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gujarati
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rajasthani
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punjabi
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hindi is the official language of the state, while Rajasthani is the regional language. Other languages spoken in Rajasthan include Sindhi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marwari, Mewari, Bhilodi, and Malvi.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marwari: the most spoken Rajasthani language with approximately 8 million speakers situated in the historic Marwar region of western Rajasthan. Malvi: approximately 5 million speakers in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Abraham Greeson used the term “Rajasthani” for the language of Rajasthan for the first time. Used it in the Linguistic Survey of India in 1912 AD. A prominent linguist of Rajasthani and used almost all the dialects of Rajasthani during the 1920s.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rajasthani Language is an Indo-Aryan language having its roots in Vedic Sanskrit and Sauraseni Prakrit. From Gurjari developed Maru-Gurjar, a common language of Rajasthan & Gujarat. It started taking definite linguistic pattern from 1050 AD.