Magari language

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Magari
Magra ki Boli
Ethnicity Bhil
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog magr1238

The Magarilanguage, Magra ki Boli, is a variety of Bhil in India. [1] Ethnologue lumps it under Bhil proper.

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References

  1. Grierson, Sir George Abraham (1907). Linguistic Survey of India. Office of the superintendent of government printing, India. p. 31.