Nimadi

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
noe
Alternate Names
Nemadi, Nimari, Nimiadi
User Population

2,310,000 (2011 census).

Location

Madhya Pradesh state: Barwani, south Dhar, Khandwa, and Khargone districts; Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh states.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Unclassified
Dialects

Bhuani. Dialects have 90%–100% mutual inherent intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 74%–94% among dialects, 64%–75% with Malvi [mup], 62%–77% with Hindi [hin], 56%–64% with Gujarati [guj], 49%–58% with Marathi [mar].

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains, except with government officials. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], in education, but generally with low proficiency. Used as L2 by Palya Bareli [bpx], Pauri Bareli [bfb], Rathwi Bareli [bgd].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Radio. TV.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nimadi
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Hindu, Muslim, traditional religion.