| Population |
252,000 (2007). 791,000 (over half speak Gujarati [guj]). |
| Region |
Gujarat, Surat, Valsad, Bharuch (Broach), Vadodara districts; Maharashtra, Thane District, Talasari and Dahanu areas; Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Daman and Diu; Karnataka: Rajasthan. |
| Alternate names |
Dubala, Dubla, Rathod, Talavia |
| Dialects |
Dubli of Bharuch District is intelligible with Dungri dialect of Vasavi [vas]. |
| Classification |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil |
| Language development |
Literacy rate in L2: 48% in Gujarat. |
| Comments |
A Scheduled Tribe. Language name is ‘Dubli’, people’s name ‘Dubla’. Hindu. |