| Ahirwati | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Ahirwal |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
  Ahirwati | |
| Coordinates:28°18′N76°30′E / 28.3°N 76.5°E /28.3; 76.5 | |
Ahirwati (Ahīrvāṭī, sometimes also known asHīrwāṭī)[1] is anIndo-Aryan dialect of India. It is spoken within theAhirwal region located to the south-west of the capitalDelhi. It belongs to theRajasthani language group and is commonly taken to be a dialect ofMewati,[2] but in many respects it is intermediate with the neighbouring varieties ofHaryanvi andBagri, and is especially close toShekhawati.[3]
There are no reliable census figures for the number of speakers.[4] In the past it was variously written in eitherDevanagari,Gurmukhi, or thePerso-Arabic script.[5]
A peculiar feature of the grammar of Ahirwati is the use of the samepostposition to mark both theagent (in certain tenses) and theobject.[6]
Ahirwati is spoken mostly in the south ofHaryana. At its maximal extent, its territory extends fromLoharu in the west toSohna in the east, and fromJhajjar andNajafgarh in the north toBawal andNarnaul toBehror in the south. It encompasses partially or fully the districts ofMahendragarh,Jhajjar,Rewari, andGurgaon, as well as the areas ofTaoru in Nuh district (all in Haryana),Behror,Mundawar (in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan),Kotputli (in the district of Jaipur, Rajasthan),Najafgarh (in Delhi), and additionally an enclave further to the north in the region ofHansi, in Hisar district.[7]
Ahirwati's neighbouring dialects areBangru andBagri to the north,Shekhawati andTorawati to the west, andMewati to the south.[8]
