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

Nahali

A language of India

ISO 639-3nlx

Population  15,000 (2003).
Region  Maharashtra, Nandurbar District, Dhadgaon tahsil, 12 villages near Toranmal, Jalgaon District; Chopda tahsil, north of Amalwadi.
Alternate names   Kalto, Nahal, Nahale, Nahalia
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 58%–68% with Noiri varieties, 60%–61% with Dungra Bhil [duh], 69%–73% with Bareli Pauri [bfb].
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil
Comments  96% intelligibility of Bareli Pauri. This may be acquired rather than inherent (1988 S. Watters). Nihali [nll] and Nahali are different languages.