Gowli
A language of India
| Population | 35,000 (1997). |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra, Amravati District. |
| Alternate names | Nand |
| Dialects | Nand, Ranya, Lingaayat, Khamla. Nand subdialects have 93% or higher intelligibility with Khamla dialect. Dialect used in Madhya Pradesh appears more similar to Marathi [mar] (Southern zone) than to Hindi (Central zone). Lexical similarity: 84%–92% between the Ranya and Nand dialects. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Unclassified |
| Language use | Home. Some also use Marathi [mar] or Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Speakers belong to Gowli caste. There are 12 and a half subgroups; Nand Gowli the highest, Musalman (the half tribe) the lowest. Surrounded by Korku [kfq]. Agriculturalists; laborers. Hindu, traditional religion. |
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