Dungra Bhil

DUH

developing

Dialects: None known. 84%–89% intelligibility with Bhilori , of Maharashtra. Lexical similarity: 75%–85% between subgroups, 71%–87% with Bhilori and Noiri Bhili, less than 53% with Garasia ,.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 100,000 (2000 IICCC).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 3%–5%. NT: 2009.

Writing System: Devanagari, Gujarati

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe in Gujarat. A Bhil subgroup. Dungra Bhil sometimes used as alternate name for Adivasi Garasia , and Rajput Garasia , but probably refers to more than 1 group living in the hills. ‘Dungra’, hill. Hindu.