Noiri
A language of India
| Population | 100,000 (2003). |
| Region | Maharashtra, Nandurbar District, Dhadgaon, Akkalkua, and Shahada tahsils; Dhule District, Shirpur Tahsil; Jalgaon District, Chopda Tahsil; Madhya Pradesh, Badwani District, Pansemal Tahsil. |
| Dialects | Barutiya. Highly intelligible with Dungra Bhili [duh]. Barutiya people have high acquired intelligibility of Vasavi [vas] and Bareli Pauri [bfb]. Lexical similarity: 77%–87% with Dungra Bhili, 60%-71% with different Vasavi varieties, 58%–68% with Nahali [nlx] of Toranmal, 47%–54% with the Kotali dialect of Bhili [bhb]; the Barutiya dialect of Noiri, 64%–70% with Bareli Pauri. Noiri-Barutiya dialect/alternate name falls between Vasavi and Bareli Pauri on a dialect continuum. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, village. Positive attitude to the west. Less positive to the east. Also use some Marathi [mar] or Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 1% in Marathi. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. A Bhil subgroup. “Noira” means people who speak through the nose. Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu. |
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