Hlb

Also Known As: Halba,Halvi,Halvas,Bastari,Mahari,Halabi,Mehari,Halbi language Description: Halbi (also Bastari, Halba, Halvas, Halabi, Halvi, Mahari, Mehari) is an Eastern zone Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese subgroup, spoken by about 500,000 individuals across the central part of India. It uses SOV word order (subject-object-verb), makes strong use of affixes, and places adjectives before nouns. It is often used as a trade language, but there is a low literacy rate. The Mehari dialect is mutually intelligible with the other dialects only with difficulty. There are an estimated 200,000 second-language speakers (as of 2001). Schooled males are fluent in Hindi. Some first language speakers use Bhatri as second language. Halbi is written in the Devanagari script...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Halbi Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/hlb/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: India Spoken In: Regions: Asia ISO 639-3 Code: hlb Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Indo-European Group     Indo-Iranian Group       Indo-Aryan Group         Eastern zone Group           Bengali-Assamese Group             Halbi Language