Noiri

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
noi
Alternate Names
Mathwadi Bhilori
User Population

100,000 (2003 IICCC).

Location

Madhya Pradesh state: Badwani district, Pansemal sub-district; Maharashtra state: Dhule district, Shirpur sub-district; Jalgaon district, Chopda sub-district; Nandurbar district, Akkalkua, Dhadgaon, and Shahada sub-districts.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

Barutiya. Barutiya people have high acquired intelligibility of Vasavi [vas] and Bareli Pauri [bfb] and Dungra Bhili [duh]. Lexical similarity: 77%–87% with Dungra Bhili [duh], 60%–71% with different Vasavi [vas] varieties, 58%–68% with Nahali [nlx] of Toranmal, 47%–54% with the Kotali dialect of Bhili [bhb]; the Barutiya dialect of Noiri, 64%–70% with Bareli Pauri [bfb]. Noiri-Barutiya variety falls between Vasavi and Bareli Pauri on a dialect continuum.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village. Positive attitudes. Positive attitudes to the west. Less positive to the east. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin]. Also use Marathi [mar].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 1% in Marathi [mar]. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Noiri
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. A Bhil subgroup. ‘Noira’ means people who speak through the nose. Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu.