Dangi

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
dhn
Alternate Names
Dangri, Dangs Bhil, Dhanka, Dhanki, Kakachhu-Ki Boli, Tadavi, Tadvi Bhil
Autonym
ડાંગી‎ (Dangi)
User Population

203,000 (2011 census). 151,000 Dhanki and 52,000 Tadavi (2011 census).

Location

Gujarat state: Dangs district; Maharashtra state: Jalgaon district; Karnataka and Rajasthan states.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Khandesi
Dialects

None known. Similar to Khandesi [khn]. Kukna [kex] speakers consider Dhanki to be a variety of their own language (2020 A. K. Lima).

Language Use

Also use Gujarati [guj].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 53% in Gujarat (2001 census). Grammar. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dangi
Writing

Gujarati script [Gujr].

Other Comments

Dhanka of Rajasthan reportedly speak Hindi [hin] as L1; Dhanka of Maharashtra use Gujarati [guj] as L1; Tadvi Bhil reportedly use Bhili [bhb] as L1. Traditional religion.