Noiri

NOI

vigorous

Dialects: Barutiya. Barutiya people have high acquired intelligibility of Vasavi , and Bareli Pauri , and Dungra Bhili ,. Lexical similarity: 77%–87% with Dungra Bhili ,, 60%-71% with different Vasavi , varieties, 58%–68% with Nahali , of Toranmal, 47%–54% with the Kotali dialect of Bhili ,; the Barutiya dialect of Noiri, 64%–70% with Bareli Pauri ,. Noiri-Barutiya variety falls between Vasavi and Bareli Pauri on a dialect continuum.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 100,000 (2003 IICCC).

Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village. Positive attitudes to the west. Less positive to the east. Also use Hindi [hin], Marathi [mar].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 1% in Marathi.

Writing System: Devanagari

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. A Bhil subgroup. ‘Noira’ means people who speak through the nose. Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu.