Nihali

A language of India

ISO 639: nll
Alternate Names: Nihal
Population: 2,000 (Parkin 1991). Ethnic population: 5,000 (1987).
Location:: Madhya Pradesh state: Burhanpur; Maharashtra state: Buldana district, Jamod Jalgaon sub-district.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Language isolate
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 25% between Nihal in Chikaldara taluk and Akola District and Korku [kfq] (Munda).
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin]. Also use Korku [kfq]. Also use Marathi [mar].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Nihali
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: They live in or near Korku [kfq] 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 [nlx] are different languages.

Location: Madhya Pradesh state: Burhanpur; Maharashtra state: Buldana district, Jamod Jalgaon sub-district.