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Bhili (Bhili: , ), , is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central
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. Other name for the language include Bhilboli; several varieties are called Garasia. Bhili is a member of the
Bhil languages The Bhil languages are a group of lects spoken by the Bhil that are classified as dialects of Indo-Aryan languages such as Gujarati and Rajasthani. They are spoken by around 10.4 million Bhils in western and central India as of 2011 and const ...
, which are related to Gujarati and
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. The language is written using the
Devanagari Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...
script. Bhili has no official status in India.


Phonology


Consonants

* may also be heard as in free variation. * occurs in loanwords from Persian and Hindi. * is heard as an allophone of preceding .


Vowels

* Vowels can also be heard as . * is borrowed from Hindi. * may also be heard as in final position. *


Further reading

* Bodhankar, Anantrao. ''Bhillori (Bhilli) – English Dictionary''. Pune: Tribal Research & Training Institute, 2002. * Jungblut, L. ''A Short Bhili Grammar of Jhabua State and Adjoining Territories''. S.l: s.n, 1937. * Thompson, Charles S. ''Rudiments of the Bhili Language''. Ahmedabad
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See also

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Languages of India Languages of India belong to several list of language families, language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indian people, Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians; both fami ...
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Languages with official status in India , 22 languages have been classified as scheduled languages under the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. There is no national language of India. While the constitution was adopted in 1950, article 343 declared that Hindi would be th ...
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List of Indian languages by total speakers The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages. Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Kha ...


References

Western Indo-Aryan languages Languages of India Languages of Madhya Pradesh Languages of Rajasthan Bhil Languages written in Devanagari {{India-culture-stub