Vasavi language

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Vasavi
Vasavi Bhil
RegionMaharashtra, Gujarat (India)
Native speakers
187,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vas
Glottologvasa1239

Vasavi is a

Bhil people, though not intelligible with Bhili. The Vasavi live mainly in two districts straddling the Gujarat-Maharashtra border: Bharuch district in Gujarat and Dhule district of Maharashtra. Smaller communities may be found Vadodara and Surat districts of Gujarat and in south western Madhya Pradesh
.

The language goes by various names: Adiwasi Bhil, Keski Bhil, and (Padwi) Bhilori. Dialects include Ambodiya, Dhogri (Dungri), Khataliya, Kot (Kotne), and Dehvaliya (Kolch), which is spoken in Maharashtra and has Marathi influence.

References

  1. ^ Vasavi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "ScriptSource - Gujarati". Retrieved 13 February 2017.