Coordinates | 21°18′32″N157°49′34″N |
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Name | Varhadi |
Nativename | वऱ्हाडी, Varhadi, Vaidarbhi, नागपुरी, Nagpuri |
States | Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India |
Region | 1. Widely spoken in Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra in India. 2. Also spoken in the Western and Southern parts of Chhattisgarh, 3. South-western parts of Madhya Pradesh and 4. Northern part of Andhra Pradesh. |
Speakers | over 21.5 million |
Iso3 | vah |
Familycolor | Indo-European |
Fam1 | Indo-European |
Fam2 | Indo-Iranian |
Fam3 | Indo-Aryan |
Fam4 | Southern Zone |
Fam5 | Varhadi |
Script | Devanagari (official) |
Nation | not an official language |
Notice | Indic |
Varhadi is a dialect of Marathi spoken in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and by Marathi people of adjoining parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh & Andhra Pradesh states of India.
The grammatical changes in Varhadi differing from standard Marathi & closer to Hindi are:
Apart from this, there are many words & phrases indigenous to Varhadi i.e. common to neither standard Marathi nor Hindi. For instance, to give stress on a request or an order, suffix jo (जो) (singular)/ ja (जा) (plural) is used like ‘Mahya porichya lagnale ye ja’ (माह्या पोरीच्या लग्नाले येजा ) (Please attend my daughter’s wedding). Also, there are words & phrases maintained by Varhadi which were present in older Marathi (spoken 300 years ago or even prior to that) and have vanished from mainstream Marathi. E.g., in vocative case, ‘aga’ (अगा) is said in Varhadi instead of ‘are’ (अरे) of standard Marathi. Another good example is the sentence construction of past continuous tense e.g. in Varhadi, it is said ‘Tho bahu abhyas kare’ (थो बहू अभ्यास करे) (He studied a lot) unlike ‘To khup abhyas karaycha’ (तो खूप अभ्यास करायचा) of standard Marathi.
In most of the Indo-Aryan languages (or even in Dravidian languages, for that matter), Sanskritized words of standard language get simplified in spoken dialects. Exceptionally, Varhadi has a few Sanskrit tatsama words for whom the standard Marathi counterparts are modified words (tatbhava shadba) such as in eastern parts of Vidarbha, snake is called sarpa (सर्प) unlike saap (साप) of standard Marathi.
The forms of Varhadi vary in different parts of Vidarbha and also, as per castes. The influence of Hindi increases as one moves towards Madhya Pradesh. E.g. in the parts adjacent to Madhya Pradesh, ‘jana padte’ (जानं पडते) (I have to go) is preferred over ‘jaa lagte’ (जा लागते), which is similar to Hindi ‘jana padta hai’ (जाना पडता है). Also, consonant ‘cha’ (च) (like in chook)(चूक), prevalent in Marathi but absent in Hindi, is often pronounced as ‘cha’ like in vachan (वचन). So, paach (पाच) (five) may be pronounced as paanch of Hindi.
In the areas closer to Marathwada region of Maharashtra and on the contrary, distant to Madhya Pradesh, Varhadi is influenced by dialects of adjacent parts of Marathwada. One can easily recognize a person from Pusad, Digras or Umarkhed taluka of Yavatmal district by his sentence of present continuous tense. Somebody from this area will say ‘mee mandirat jaylo’ (मी मंदिरात जायलो) (I am going to visit a temple) instead of ‘mee mandirat jaun rahilo’ (मी मंदिरात जाऊन राहिलो) of other parts of Vidarbha. Similarly, the tone of speech in Chikhli, Mehkar, Deulgaonraja talukas of Buldana district is similar to that of nearby parts of Marathwada. If someone from this area speaks to a person from Nagpur or Wardha, the latter may get confused whether the former is from Vidarbha or Marathwada ! Likewise, Khandeshi dialect spoken in parts of Jalgaon district adjacent to Vidarbha is too similar to be differentiated from Varhadi of Malkapur- Shegaon belt of Buldana district.
The dialect spoken in Nagpur & Wardha districts is again a matter of dispute. Although, it is very much similar to Varhadi, many people claim that it is a distinct dialect, popularly known as ‘Nagpuri’ while a few claim that it is a blend of Varhadi & Jhadiboli.
The sociolect of Brahmin community in Vidarbha (which is a part of Deshastha Brahmin community of Maharashtra) tends to be closer to standard Marathi and gradually becoming similar to Marathi spoken by Brahmins of rest of Maharashtra and thereby, differing from Varhadi.
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