Kalto language

Kalto, or Nahali, is an Indo-Aryan language of India. Kalto is the endonym; the exonym "Nahal" or "Nihal" is disparaging. Because of the name "Nahali", the language has often been confused with Nihali, an apparent language isolate spoken by a neighbouring people with a similar lifestyle.

This article is about an Indo-Aryan language of central India. For the language isolate also known as Nahali, see Nihali language.
Kalto
Nahali
RegionNandurbar and Jalgaon Districts, on the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Native speakers
15,000 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nlx
Glottolognaha1261

References
  1. Kalto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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