Is Rajasthani a Language or Dialect?

Rajasthani (Devanagari: राजस्थानी) refers to a group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects spoken primarily in the state of Rajasthan and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh in India. There are also speakers in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Punjab.

Why Rajasthani is not a language?

An argument often given against recognizing it as a full-fledged is that Rajasthani is only a group of dialects and is not a language as such. ... But the fact is that out of 22 languages recognised by the constitution, there are eight languages which do not have their own scripts. They use Devnagari instead.

Which language is spoken by Rajasthani?

The primarily spoken language of Rajasthan is Hindi. However, when the state of Rajasthan was founded, a number of princely states were merged. This led to the emergence of different dialects in the local languages of Rajasthan. The Marwari dialect is mainly spoken in the western Rajasthan.