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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Bareli, Pauri

Bareli, Pauri

A language of India

ISO 639-3bfb

Population  175,000 (2000 NLCI).
Region  Maharashtra; Nandurbar District, Dhadgaon, Shahada, Taloda tahsils; Dhule District; Shirpur tahsil; Madhya Pradesh; Barwani District; Pansemal tahsil; Nivali and Pati blocks.
Alternate names   Bareli, Barewali, Barli
Dialects  Pauri Bareli not intelligible with Rathwi Bareli [bgd] or Palya Bareli [bpx]. Dialect center in Maharashtra, Nandurbar District, Dhadgaon tahsil. Lexical similarity: 81%–88% among varieties of Pauri Bareli; 68%–79% with Rathwi Bareli; 62%–66% with Palya Bareli.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil
Language use  Vigorous. All domains except education. Positive attitude. A few use Nimadi [noe], Ahirani [ahr], state Hindi, or Marathi [mar] languages.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: Below 10%.
Writing system  Devanagari script.
Comments  Traditional religion.