Bhili language

Bhili language

language
name=Bhili
nativename=script|Deva|भीली
states=India
region=Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
speakers=5.6 million (1991 census [ [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Indian Census] ] )
familycolor=Indo-European
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Indo-Aryan
fam4=Western Indo-Aryan
fam5=Bhil languages
iso2=inc|iso3=bhb

Bhili is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India, in the region east of Ahmedabad. Other names for the language include Bhagoria, Bhil, Bhilbari, Bhilboli, Bhilla, Lengotia, and Vil. Bhili is a member of the Bhil language family, which is related to Gujarati and the Rajasthani language. The language is written using a variation of the Devanagari script.

Further reading

* Bodhankar, Anantrao. "Bhillori (Bhilli)-English Dictionary". Pune: Tribal Research & Training Institute, 2002.
* Jungblut, L. "A Short Bhili Grammar of Jhabua State and Adjoining Territories". S.l: s.n, 1937.
* Thompson, Charles S. "Rudiments of the Bhili Language". Ahmedabad [India] : United Printing Press, 1895.

See also

* Languages of India
* List of national languages of India
* List of Indian languages by total speakers

External links

*
* [http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/bhb/view?searchterm=bhili Bhili] entry on Rosetta Project - includes excerpted grammar
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/devanagari.htm Omniglot's Devanagari script page]


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