Talk:Rajasthani language

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Merge with Rajasthani language?
Shouldn't this article be merged with Rajasthani language? I think, this title here (with the plural -s) is more appropriate. — N-true 13:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes please merge Goldenrowley 23:43, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

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I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: The Turner, Platts, Tisdall and Masica all have harv errors.There is no bibliograph section for the sfn cites to link to.

 scope_creep Talk  15:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Unrelated sections
Hello @Fdom5997, I am PadFoot. The sections Official status, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing system, Writing styles, Literature, Prominent linguists, Sample text, Language movement are not related to Rajasthani (macrolanguage), but rather Rajasthani (language family) to which I have moved the sections to. I have not deleted them. This article Rajasthani language is about the macrolanguage (see here at ethnologue). The sections which I moved were about the Rajasthani language family (see here). PadFoot2008 (talk) 04:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @PadFoot2008 I am the one who has previously moved and expended those sections "Official status, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing system, Writing styles, Literature, Prominent linguists, Sample text, Language movement to this article as those sections are not required on a language family article and they should be present on individual language articles.
 * I think there is no article on Wikipedia specially about a macro language here. This article is about the standard Rajasthani language which is different from Marwari and which is the common lingua franca. I think the Ethnolog entry about the macro language is outdated as it includes wagadi which is a bhillic language and not a rajasthanic language also bagari is language continuum between Rajasthani and Haryanvi. And if Rajasthani is a macro language it should also include Marwari mewari dhundhari too.
 * I think we should keep those sections on this article. And keep the macro language part in the opening section of the article. And if not then this article should be moved to Rajasthani Macrolanguage and those sections should be moved to article about the standard veriety. I hope you understand. Thanks Wikiwizardinho (talk) 09:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Wikiwizardinho, the problem is that there is no individual language called "Rajasthani" which is the lingua franca of Rajasthan. Rather it's just another name for Marwari or a form of Marwari. I couldn't find any such language in ISO or Glottolog, which we follow here in Wikipedia. Rajasthani refers to a language family in Western Indo-Aryan languages and a macrolanguage. There is no language called Rajasthani. Rather, it's just that some people call Marwari as "Rajasthani". There have been many discussions held earlier and I suggest that this article be redirected to either Rajasthani languages or Marwari language. Rajasthani is not a language per linguist classifications and this article is very likely to cause confusions among readers. PadFoot2008 (talk) 09:15, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think we should have a proper discussion/vote about this. It would be better to make this into a redirect as it was earlier. Pinging @Scope creep, @Hughesdarren, @Austronesier. PadFoot2008 (talk) 09:31, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi I don't know anything about it unfortunately.    scope_creep Talk  09:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Rajasthani is not other name of Marwari. Rajasthani is different from Marwari with some similarities. raj is the ISO code of Rajasthani. Rajasthani is a literary language recognised by Sahitya (literature) academy of India and University commission of India. It has a standard form and it is taught as optional subject in the schools and universities in Rajasthan. So many linguistics classified it as a different language. There are literature and poetry in this language from medieval and modern times. Marwari is rather a Western dialect of Rajasthani. I think it should be updated as a language on glottolog and ISO. Just because Marwari is dominant among its other verities it is confused with Rajasthani. There are several articles on Wikipedia about a individual language and language group with same name. Malay language, Somali language, Kurd language are a few also Indo Aryan languages such as Sindhi Punjabi and Gujarati. So both articles can exist. All those sections are talking about the language and not a language family that is why they were here on this article. Wikiwizardinho (talk) 12:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * You still don't understand. Rajasthani [raj] is a macrolanguage See here for yourself. And the individual languages in it are Bagri, Gade Lohar, Wagdi, Malvi and Haroti as it says in ethnologue. Marwari is the name a seperate language [rwr] as well as a separate macrolanguage [mwr], (both not included in [raj]) and a language family as well . And Sahitya Academy or University Commision recognising it as a language makes no difference at all. The Government of India recognises it as a dialect of Hindi. It recognises Bhojpuri, Kumaoni and so many others as dialects of Hindi. You will see that Wikipedia doesn't. Because "official government" classification or similar doesn't matter. Linguists and codes like Glottolog and ISO don't recognise it as a language. Also you can't say "it needs to be updated on glottolog and ISO" here on Wikipedia. Wikipedia follows, it doesn't lead. You need to get a popular consensus for your requested change. PadFoot2008 (talk) 13:59, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ISO-codes can be a mess. Also in this case: [raj] basically has become the residual macro-language category for all Rajasthani varieties not falling under the macro-language Marwari [mwr]. In popular usage however, Marwari is Rajasthani, especially when talking about "Rajasthani" as a literary language. See this SIL survey repport, where the authors say: It is difficult to give a clear picture of which Rajasthani speech variety represents this official Rajasthani. As a result of studying different written sources and interviewing a number of Rajasthani academic scholars, the surveyors concluded that Marwari, as spoken in Jodhpur district, is considered to be the standard form of Rajasthani. See more on p. 17ff.
 * I don't think we need a separate article for a somewhat arbitrary and misnamed ISO construct which has no real counterpart in actual descriptive linguistics and socio-linguistics. It's sufficient to have an article about the dialect cluster (Rajasthani languages) and individual real varieties (Marwari language, Bagri language etc.). –Austronesier (talk) 19:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Completely agreed. That's what I was saying. We should convert this into a redirect to Rajasthani languages as it was earlier. Per Wikipedia policy consensus requires at least a 2 to 1 majority, which we have. So I am converting this into a redirect.PadFoot2008 (talk) 03:07, 9 April 2024 (UTC)