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| Bagheli | |
|---|---|
| बघेली | |
 The word "Bagheli" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Bagelkhand |
Native speakers | 2,694,964 (2011 census) Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi |
| Devanagari | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | None |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:bfy – Baghelipwr – Powari |
| Glottolog | bagh1251 Baghelipowa1246 Powari |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-rc |
 Baghelkhand region where Bagheli is spoken | |
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Bagheli (Devanagari: बघेली,IPA:[bəɡʰeːliː]) orBaghelkhandi is aCentral Indo-Aryan language spoken in theBaghelkhand region ofcentral India.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | iː | uː | |
| ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Mid | eː | ə | oː |
| ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Low | aː | ||
A language belonging to theEastern Hindi subgroup, Bagheli is one of the languages designated as a 'dialect of Hindi' by theIndian Census Report of 2011. Bagheli is a regional language used for intra-group and inter-group communication.
George Abraham Grierson in hisLinguistic Survey of India[1] classified Bagheli underEastern Hindi. The extensive research conducted by local specialist Dr.Bhagawati Prasad Shukla is commensurate with Grierson's classification. Ethnologue cites Godwani, Kumhari and Rewa as dialects of Bagheli. According to Shukla, the Bagheli language has three varieties:
Like many otherIndo-Aryan languages, it has often been subject to erroneous, arbitrary, or politically-motivated designation as adialect, instead of alanguage. Furthermore, as is the case with otherHindi languages, Bagheli speakers have been conflated with those ofStandard Hindi in censuses.
Bagheli is primarily spoken in theMauganj,Rewa,Satna,Sidhi,Singrauli,Shahdol,Umaria,Anuppur,Katni districts ofMadhya Pradesh and in some partsMirzapur,Sonbhadra,Prayagraj andChitrakoot districts ofUttar Pradesh and alsoBaikunthpur ofMadhya Pradesh.[citation needed]
The Pao, ascheduled tribe also known as the Pabra, speak Bagheli as their first language. Their language was mistakenly reported to beTibeto-Burman byEthnologue, perhaps due to confusion with thePao language of Burma.[2]
There are several radio and TV programmes in Bagheli.All India Radio is broadcasting Bagheli songs and agricultural programmes fromShahdol,Rewa andBhopal. Furthermore, courses about Bagheli literature are available to be studied atAwadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa.
