Bareli, Rathwi

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
bgd
Alternate Names
Barel, Pauri, Pawari, Pawri, Rathi, Rathia, Rathwi Pauri
Population

101,000 (2001 census).

Location

Madhya Pradesh; Barwani district, Barwani, Sendhwa, and Rajpur tahsils; Khargone district, Bhagawanpura, Jhirniya, and Bhikangaon tahsils; Dewas district, Bagli tahsil; Khandwa district, Burhanpur tahsil; Dhar district; Dahi block; South Jhabua district, Rathia Bhilala; Maharashtra northern Dhule district, Shirpur tahsil; Jalgaon district, Chopda, Raver, and Yawal tahsils.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil
Dialects

Pauri Bareli [bfb] and the Rathwi Pauri dialect not intelligible with Vasavi [vas] or Bhilori [noi]. Dialect center is Madhya Pradesh, Barwani District, Chiklia. Not intelligible with Palya Bareli [bpx] or Pauri Bareli. Understood by Rathia Bhilala of Nimad, Bhilala of Sondhwa block of Jhabua District and Bhils of south Dhar District. Lexical similarity: 81%–93% with Rathwi Bareli dialects; 67%–73% with Palya Bareli [bpx]; 68%–79% with Pauri Bareli [bfb].

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains except education. Positive attitudes. Most speakers have a low level of proficiency in Nimadi [noe], Ahirani [ahr], Hindi [hin], or Marathi [mar].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Below 10%. Bible portions: 1986.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bareli, Rathwi
Writing
Devanagari script.
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Ethnonym: Barela and Paura. Traditional religion.