Bareli, Pauri

BFB

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bareli, Barewali, Barli

Dialects: Pauri Bareli not intelligible with Rathwi Bareli , or Palya Bareli ,. Dialect center in Maharashtra, Nandurbar district, Dhadgaon tahsil. Lexical similarity: 81%–88% with varieties of Pauri Bareli; 68%–79% with Rathwi Bareli ,; 62%–66% with Palya Bareli ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Central zone
Bhil

Demographics: 638,000 (2001 census).

Language Use: Vigorous. All domains except education. Positive attitudes. Also use Ahirani [ahr], Hindi [hin], Marathi [mar], Nimadi [noe]. Proficiency in second languages is low.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Below 10%.

Writing System: Devanagari

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Traditional religion.