Wagdi

A language of India

Bhili, Bhilodi, Mina Bhil, Vagadi, Vagari, Vagdi, Vaged, Vageri, Vagi, Wagadi, Wagari, Waghari, Wagholi, Wagri

वाग्दी‎ (Vāgdī)

3,390,000 (2011 census).

Andhra Pradesh state: Jhabua; Gujarat state: Panchmahals and Sabarkantha; Rajasthan state: Banswara, Dungarpur, and south Udaipur districts.

Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification

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

Dialects

Kherwara, Sagwara, Adivasi Wagdi, Rewadi. Dialect intelligibility above 95%. Intelligible of Adivasi Garasia [gas] of Bhiloda. Wagdi Banswara highly intelligible of Bhilodi of Gujarat. Wagdi highly intelligible of Patelia [bhb] of Gujarat. Lexical similarity: 84% with Patelia dialects; 75%–80% with Marwari [rwr] dialects; 79%–93% with Adiwasi Garasia dialects; 79%–87% with Rajput Garasia dialects. A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani [raj].

Typology

SOV; postpositions; genitives after noun heads; nontonal.

Language Use

A regional language in Vagad Desh. Positive attitudes. Some also use Hindi [hin], with proficiency adequate for market.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Radio. Dictionary. NT: 2000.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Wagdi

Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Vagri is a Scheduled Tribe in Gujarat.