Languages: Marwari


Marwari contains many words in common with Gujarati as well as Hindi. Among the rules for transforming Hindi words into Marwari are

  1. The leading S changes into an aspirated H sound. The Hindi word for gold, sona, becomes hona.
  2. The leading CH changes to the sibilant S. The Hindi word for spoon, chammach, becomes sammas.

The rules of grammar differ from Hindi at various points.

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