Rathawi
A language of India
| Population | 451,000 (2006). |
| Region | Gujarat, Vadodara District, Chhota Udaipur, Kavant taluks, and Panchmahals District; Madhya Pradesh, Jhabua District, Alirajpur taluk. |
| Alternate names | Kohelia, Bal-La, Rathwi |
| Dialects | 76% intelligibility with Bhilali [bhi]. There is a dialect continuum from Bhilali to Rathawa; extremes have limited mutual intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 83% with Bhilali [bhi]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Bhil |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 37% for Gujarat. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Distinct from Rathwi Bareli in Madhya Pradesh. Agriculturalists. Hindu. |
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