Varli language

Varali
वारली, વારળી
Native to	India
Region	Maharashtra, Gujarat
Ethnicity	Warli
Native speakers	390,000 (2011 census) [1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Zone Marathi–Konkani Varali
Writing system	Devanagari, Gujarati [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vav
Glottolog	varl1238

Varali, also written Warali, Warli and Varli, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Warli people. The language is usually classified as Marathi, ^{[3] [4]} but sometimes as Konkani or Bhil. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Varali at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. "ScriptSource - Varli" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
3. Save, K. J. (1945). "Dialect". The Warlis. Bombay: Padma Publications Ltd. pp. 186-201 [186]. Nineteenth century scholars who wrote on the Warlis exclusively or in connection with other tribes classed the Warli language as Marathi.
4. B. P. Mahapatra, ed. (2002). Linguistic Survey of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Linguistic Survey of India, India. Office of the Registrar General. Language Division. Vol. 2. India: Office of the Registrar General. Language Division. p. 17.
5. Save, K. J. (1945). "Dialect". The Warlis. Bombay: Padma Publications Ltd. pp. 186-201 [187]. ... Dr. Grierson also has associated the Warlis with Bhils and has stated that their language must originally have been of the same kind.
6. B. P. Mahapatra, ed. (2002). Linguistic Survey of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Linguistic Survey of India, India. Office of the Registrar General. Language Division. Vol. 2. India: Office of the Registrar General. Language Division. p. i. This complex issue of classification of Varli was finally decided by putting Varli under Bhili on the strength of an extensive and indepth research work, from all possible linguistic as well as sociolinguistic angles...

Bibliography

• Save, K. J. (1945). "Dialect". The Warlis. Bombay: Padma Publications Ltd. pp. 186–201.
• Ghatage, Amrit Madhav (1969). Warli of Thana (PDF). A Survey of Marathi Dialects. Vol. 7. State Board for Literature and Culture.
• Ranganatha, M. R.; Nigam, R. C. (Ramesh Chandra) (1976). Survey of Varli in Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Delhi, India: The Office of the Registrar General, Language Division.
• B. P. Mahapatra, ed. (2002). Linguistic Survey of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Linguistic Survey of India, India. Office of the Registrar General. Language Division. Vol. 2. India: Office of the Registrar General. Language Division.

External links

• Varli Phonology and Grammar Sketches Varli Phonology and Grammar Sketches (archive.org)