Bhili language
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| Bhili भीली | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | India | |
| Region: | Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra | |
| Total speakers: | 1.3 million | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Bhil languages Bhili | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | inc | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | bhb | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Bhili is a Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India, in the region east of Ahmadabad. Other names for the language include Bhagoria, Bhil, Bhilbari, Bhilboli, Bhilla, Lengotia, and Vil. Bhili is a member of the Bhil language family, which are related to Gujarati and the Rajasthani languages. The language is written using a variation of the Devanagari script.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Bhili language at Ethnologue
- Bhili entry on Rosetta - includes excerpted grammar
- Omniglot's Devanagari script page
