Garasia, Adiwasi

GAS

vigorous

Alternate Names: Adiwasi Girasia, Adiwasi Gujarati, Girasia

Dialects: Understand Rajput Garasia , well. Lexical similarity: 89%–96% between dialects, 75%–93% with dialects of Rajput Garasia; 79%–92% with dialects of Patelia ,; 79%–93% with Wagdi ,; 76%–87% with Marwari , dialects.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 100,000 (1988 V. Patel).

Language Use: Low proficiency in Gujarati [guj].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Bible portions: 1987.

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Speakers are Bhils. Dungra Bhil is sometimes used as an alternate name for Adiwasi Garasia and Rajput Garasia , but probably refers to more than 1 group living in the hills (Dungra means hill). Traditional religion, Hindu.