| Bhili | |
|---|---|
| भीली,ભીલી | |
 The word "Bhili" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Bhil Pradesh (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat,Rajasthan,Maharashtra) |
| Ethnicity | Bhil |
Native speakers | 3,206,533 (2011 census)[1] |
| Devanagari,Gujarati[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:bhb – Bhili (Bhagoria, Bhilboli, Patelia)gas – Adiwasi Garasiagra – Rajput Garasia (Dungri) |
| Glottolog | bhil1251 Bhilirajp1235 Rajput Garasiaadiw1235 Adiwasi Garasia |
 Percentage Bhili speakers by Indian district, 2011 | |
Bhili (Bhili:भीली,ભીલી),IPA:[bʱiːliː], is a WesternIndo-Aryan language spoken in west-centralIndia, in the states ofRajasthan,Gujarat,Maharashtra, andMadhya Pradesh.[3] Other names for the language includeBhilboli and several Bhili varieties are calledGarasia. Bhili is a member of theBhil languages, which are related toGujarati andRajasthani. The language is written using theDevanagari script.
Bhili has no official status in India.
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | |||
| breathy | bʱ | dʱ | ɖʱ | ɡʱ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | tʃ | |||||
| voiced | dʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | s | (ʃ) | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | (ŋ) | |||
| Lateral | l | ɭ | |||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid-high | e | ə | o |
| Mid-low | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | (æ) | a |
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