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WBR ISO 639-3

Wagdi

वाग्दी‎ (Vāgdī) Autonym

A language of India

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bhili, Bhilodi, Mina Bhil, Vagadi, Vagari, Vagdi, Vaged, Vageri, Vagi, Wagadi, Wagari, Waghari, Wagholi, Wagri
Autonym
वाग्दी‎ (Vāgdī)
Population
3,390,000 (2011 census).
Location:
Andhra Pradesh state: Jhabua; Gujarat state: Panchmahals and Sabarkantha; Rajasthan state: Banswara, Dungarpur, and south Udaipur districts.
Language Status
3 (Wider communication).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Bhil
Dialects
Kherwara, Sagwara, Adivasi Wagdi, Rewadi. Dialect intelligibility above 95%. Intelligible of Adivasi Garasia [gas] of Bhiloda. Wagdi Banswara highly intelligible of Bhilodi of Gujarat. Wagdi highly intelligible of Patelia [bhb] of Gujarat. Lexical similarity: 84% with Patelia dialects; 75%–80% with Marwari [rwr] dialects; 79%–93% with Adiwasi Garasia dialects; 79%–87% with Rajput Garasia dialects. A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani [raj].
Typology
SOV; postpositions; genitives after noun heads; nontonal.
Language Use
A regional language in Vagad Desh. Positive attitudes. Some also use Hindi [hin], with proficiency adequate for market.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Radio. Dictionary. NT: 2000.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wagdi
Writing
Devanagari script [Deva].
Other Comments
Vagri is a Scheduled Tribe in Gujarat.

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Location: Andhra Pradesh state: Jhabua; Gujarat state: Panchmahals and Sabarkantha; Rajasthan state: Banswara, Dungarpur, and south Udaipur districts.