Vasavi language
Vasavi is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken by the 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.
| Vasavi | |
|---|---|
| Vasavi Bhil | |
| Region | Maharashtra, Gujarat (India) |
Native speakers | 187,000 (2011)[1] |
| Devanagari, Gujarati[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vas |
| Glottolog | vasa1239 |
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
- Vasavi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- "ScriptSource - Gujarati". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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