Alternate Names: Nihal
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 25% between Nihal in Chikaldara taluk and Akola District and Korku , (Munda).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,000 (Parkin 1991). Ethnic population: 5,000 (1987).
Language Use: Also use Hindi [hin], Korku [kfq], Marathi [mar].
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: They live in or near Korku villages in a position of subordination to the Korku people. Possibly belonged to a now extinct speech family of India. Influenced significantly by Munda and Dravidian languages. 60%–70% of vocabulary borrowed. Nihali and Nahali , are different languages.