Bhili language
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Bhili has no official status in India.
Phonology
Consonants
- Script error: No such module "IPA". may also be heard as Script error: No such module "IPA". in free variation.
- Script error: No such module "IPA". occurs in loanwords from Persian and Hindi.[3]
- Script error: No such module "IPA". is heard as an allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". preceding Script error: No such module "IPA"..
Vowels
- Vowels Script error: No such module "IPA". can also be heard as Script error: No such module "IPA"..
- Script error: No such module "IPA". is borrowed from Hindi.
- Script error: No such module "IPA". may also be heard as Script error: No such module "IPA". in final position.[4]
Further reading
- Bodhankar, Anantrao. Bhillori (Bhilli) – English Dictionary. Pune: Tribal Research & Training Institute, 2002.Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler[[[Wikipedia:Cleanup|<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">not Bhilori language?]]]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Jungblut, L. A Short Bhili Grammar of Jhabua State and Adjoining Territories. S.l: s.n, 1937.
- Thompson, Charles S. Rudiments of the Bhili Language. Ahmedabad [India]: United Printing Press, 1895.
See also
- Languages of India
- Languages with official status in India
- List of Indian languages by total speakers
References
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