Bagheli Language (bfy)

From Testwiki
(Redirected from Bagheli Language)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Also Known As: Kewat,Kewati,Kenat,Nagpuri Marathi,Kewot,Kawathi,Bagelkhandi,Riwai,Ganggai,Kewani,Kevati,Mandal,Kevat Boli,Bhugelkhud,Mannadi,Bagheli,Gangai


Description:

Bagheli (Devanagari: बघेली or बाघेली) is a language of the Baghelkhand region of central India. It is often considered to be a dialect of Hindi language, and is classified such by the Indian Census Report (1991). The Bagheli speakers are found mainly in six districts of Madhya Pradesh (Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Shahdol, Umaria and Anuppur), and also in some districts of Uttar Pradesh like Allahabad and Mirzapur. The language spoken in Baghelkhand has been known as Bagheli since the 13th century. Bagheli is a regional language used for intra-group and inter-group communication. It is also known as Baghelkhandi, Rimahi and Riwai (Rewa district). Dr. George Grierson in his Linguistic survey of India classified Bagheli under Indo-Aryan, Eastern Hindi. The extensive research by Dr. Bhagawati Prasad Shukla also agrees with Dr. Grierson’s classification. Ethnologue classifies Bagheli as Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, and East Central zone (Grimes 1992:552). According to Dr. Bhagawati Prasad Shukla, Bagheli language has three major divisions:

Indian Census report 1991 classifies Bagheli/Baghelkhandi as a dialect of Hindi under Scheduled language list. The dialects of Bagheli language..... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Bagheli Language Speakers

http://llmap.org/languages/bfy/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview

Main Country: India
Spoken In:

Regions: Asia

ISO 639-3 Code: bfy

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Indo-European Group

    Indo-Iranian Group

      Indo-Aryan Group

        East Central zone Group

          Bagheli Language