Vaagri Booli language

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Vaagri Booli
Hakkipikki/Narikuravar
Native to India
Region Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Ethnicity12,000 (2007) [1]
Native speakers
9,300 (2007) [1]
Indo-European
Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 vaa
Glottolog vaag1238

Vaagri Booli is an unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of southern India. It is not closely related to Hindi or Marathi. Hakkipikki and other local names for the people mean 'bird catchers'.

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References

  1. 1 2 Vaagri Booli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)