Nimadi

A language of India

ISO 639: noe
Alternate Names: Nemadi, Nimari, Nimiadi
Population: 2,310,000 (2011 census).
Location:: Madhya Pradesh state: Barwani, south Dhar, Khandwa, and Khargone districts; Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh states.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Unclassified
Dialects: Bhuani. Dialects have 90%–100% mutual inherent intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 74%–94% among dialects, 64%–75% with Malvi [mup], 62%–77% with Hindi [hin], 56%–64% with Gujarati [guj], 49%–58% with Marathi [mar].
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains, except with government officials. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], in education, but generally with low proficiency. Used as L2 by Palya Bareli [bpx], Pauri Bareli [bfb], Rathwi Bareli [bgd].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Radio. TV.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Nimadi
Writing: Devanagari script [Deva].
Other Comments: Hindu, Muslim, traditional religion.

Location: Madhya Pradesh state: Barwani, south Dhar, Khandwa, and Khargone districts; Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh states.