Nimadi
A language of India
| Population | 1,430,000 (2000). |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh, Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani, and south Dhar districts; Uttar Pradesh; Maharashtra. |
| Alternate names | Nemadi, Nimari, Nimiadi |
| Dialects | Bhuani. Dialects have 90%–100% mutual inherent intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 74%–94% among dialects, 64% to 75% with Malvi [mup], 62%–77% with Hindi, 56%–64% with Gujarati [guj], 49%–58% with Marathi [mar]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Unclassified |
| Language use | Vigorous. All key domains, except with government officials. Positive attitude. Some also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Radio programs. TV. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Hindu syncretism, Muslim. |
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