Alternate Names: Nemadi, Nimari, Nimiadi
Dialects: Bhuani. Dialects have 90%–100% mutual inherent intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 74%–94% among dialects, 64%–75% with Malvi ,, 62%–77% with Hindi ,, 56%–64% with Gujarati ,, 49%–58% with Marathi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,150,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains, except with government officials. Positive attitudes. Low proficiency in Hindi [hin], used in education. Used as L2 by Palya Bareli [bpx], Pauri Bareli [bfb], Rathwi Bareli [bgd].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Radio programs. TV.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Hindu, Muslim, traditional religion.