| 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 |
