Rathawi

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
rtw
Alternate Names
Bal-La, Kohelia, Rathwi
Population

451,000 (2006 IMB).

Location

Gujarat, Vadodara district, Chhota Udaipur and Kavant taluks, and Panchmahals district; Madhya Pradesh, Jhabua district, Alirajpur taluk.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

76% intelligibility of Bhilali [bhi]. A chain of related varieties from Bhilali to Rathawa; extremes have limited mutual intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 83% with Bhilali [bhi].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 37% for Gujarat (2001 census).
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Rathawi
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Distinct from Rathwi Bareli [bgd] in Madhya Pradesh. Hindu.