Bareli, Rathwi
A language of India
| Population | 63,700 (2000). |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh; Barwani District; Barwani, Sendhwa, Rajpur tahsils; Khargone District; Bhagawanpura, Jhirniya, Bhikangaon tahsils; Dewas District; Bagli tahsil; Khandwa District; Burhanpur tahsil; Dhar District; Dahi block; Rathia Bhilala in South Jhabua District; Maharashtra northern Dhule District; Shirpur tahsil; Jalgaon District; Chopda, Raver, Yawal tahsils. |
| Alternate names | Barel, Pauri, Pawari, Pawri, Rathi, Rathia, Rathwi Pauri |
| 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% among Rathwi Bareli dialects; 67%–73% with Palya Bareli; 68%–79% with Pauri Bareli. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains except education. Positive attitude. A few also use Nimadi [noe], Ahirani [ahr], Hindi, or Marathi languages. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Below 10%. Bible portions: 1986. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Speakers are called ‘Barela’ and ‘Paura’. Traditional religion. |
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