Alternate Names: Barel, Pauri, Pawari, Pawri, Rathi, Rathia, Rathwi Pauri
Dialects: Pauri Bareli , and the Rathwi Pauri dialect not intelligible with Vasavi , or Bhilori ,. Dialect center is Madhya Pradesh, Barwani District, Chiklia. Not intelligible with Palya Bareli , or Pauri Bareli. Understood by Rathia Bhilala of Nimad, Bhilala of Sondhwa block of Jhabua District and Bhils of south Dhar District. Lexical similarity: 81%–93% with Rathwi Bareli dialects; 67%–73% with Palya Bareli ,; 68%–79% with Pauri Bareli ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 101,000 (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%. Bible portions: 1986.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Ethnonym: Barela and Paura. Traditional religion.