Marwari is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 70 million people mainly in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and also in Gujarat, Haryana, and eastern parts of Pakistan. It is part of the Marwari subgroup of Rajasthani and is related to Haryanvi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Hindi. The name formed from the two constituent words, Maru (region of Thar desert) and Wadi (enclosure), effectively indicating the western part of modern-day Rajasthan.