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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Bhilali

Bhilali

A language of India

ISO 639-3bhi

Population  1,150,000 (2000). 25,000 to 50,000 Parya Bhilali.
Region  Madhya Pradesh, Khargone (Segaon), Barwani (Rajpur), southern Jhabua and southern Dhar districts; Maharashtra, Dhule District; some in Gujarat; Karnataka; Rajasthan.
Alternate names   Bhilala
Dialects  Parya Bhilali. Lexical similarity: 61%–79% between the Parya Bhilali dialect and other Bhilali [bhb] varieties.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil
Comments  A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists; wage laborers. Traditional religion.