Nagarchal

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
nbg
Alternate Names
Nagar, Nagarchi
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker either died or shifted to Hindi [hin] or Northern Gondi [gno] by 1981 (Ishtiaq 1999).

Location

Madhya Pradesh state: Balaghat, Chhindwara, Mandla, and Seoni districts.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi
Language Use

Many shifted to Hindi [hin]. Many shifted to Northern Gondi [gno].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nagarchal
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Nagarchi is a people group living in Seoni, Jabalpur, and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh who speak Hindi [hin] (Singh 1998a).