Berar-Deccan Marathi, is a possible language of the Marathi–Konkani group, or perhaps just a regional dialect of Marathi. ''

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'' reports that it is closely related to Varhadi-Nagpuri. (Sub)dialects are Bijapuri (of Bijapur district, Karnataka) and Kalvadi (of Dharwad district). These have been counted among the

Marathi dialects Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of th ...

,G. A. Grierson (1905
Indo-aryan Family Southern Group, Specimens Of The Marathi Language
pp. 47–60. and it is not clear just how distinct they are from standard Marathi, with the distinct Deccani language perhaps being

Deccani Urdu Deccani (also known as Deccani Urdu and Deccani Hindi). https://knowledgehubadda.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post_74.html? m=1 or Dakni, Dakhni, Dakhini, Dakkhani and Dakkani (, ''dekanī'' or , ''dakhanī''), is a variety of Hindustani spoken ...

. Berar-Deccan Marathi shares the names of

: ''Dakhini, Dakhni, Dakini, Dakkani, Dakkhani,'' etc. ''

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'' says the speakers are Muslim and that the language is written in the

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(primarily) and Devanagari scripts, but again this may be due to confusion with Deccani Urdu.

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