Nihali
A language of India
| Population | 2,000 (Parkin 1991). Ethnic population: 5,000 (1987). |
| Region | Maharashtra, Buldana District, Jamod Jalgaon tahsil. |
| Alternate names | Nihal |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 25% between Nihal in Chikaldara taluk and Akola District and Korku [kfq] (Munda). |
| Classification | Language isolate |
| Language use | Also use Korku [kfq], Hindi, or Marathi [mar]. |
| Comments | They live in or near Korku villages in a position of subordination to the Korku people. Possibly belonged to a now extinct speech family of India. Has been influenced significantly by Munda and Dravidian languages. 60%–70% of vocabulary has been borrowed. Nihali and Nahali [nlx] are different languages. |
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