Bhili in India

Speakers

10,413,637

Type

Location

Bhili in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Bhili in India

Size

10,413,637

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Bhili pictorial Glossary
https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1902/mode/2up

Gospel of John in Bhili, Devanagari script (योहन, भीली) by Life Giving Word
https://archive.org/details/gospelofjohn-bhili/page/n3/mode/2up

Gospel of John in Bhili, Gujarati script (યોહન, ભીલી)
https://archive.org/details/gospelofjohn-bhili-gujarati

Bhili Ka Bhasha Vigyan, Rigi Publication, Dr. Kala Joshi 978-93-86447-11-1, (2017)

Aadivasi Bhili Lagna Gito, Vedant Publications, Dr. Amba M. Chaudhari, 978-81 952601-3-3, (2021).

BHILI MAUKHIK SAHITYA EK ABHYA, ZCAD ENTERPRISE LLP, Dasarath Patel 978-93-92934-62-9, (2022).

गणगौर गीत : भील जनजाति के उत्सव संबंधी गीत
https://lai.ciil.org/items/f5357d70-7da1-4b16-9553-ebc29059bd25

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Cultural videos, dance, songs and other material is available in Bhili language
https://archive.org/details/podcast_-_bhili-good-news3gp_1000425686223

https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-bhili-language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z39EacJau8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwyDqdn6B2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLfnKsbBls

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://archive.org/details/podcast_-_bhili-meeting-creator-god_1000425686221

https://lai.ciil.org/items/cdcfa844-7d20-4762-80ef-a4416c973223

https://lai.ciil.org/items/6acfdd09-dd59-4553-be66-778abf233478

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes
Comments
Chas S. Thompson. 1895. Rudiments of the Bhili language. Ahmedabad: United Printing Press. 386pp. https://archive.org/details/rudimentsbhilil00thomgoog/page/n112/mode/2up

Yogendra Dhirubhai, Vyas. 1967. A linguistic study of Bhili dialects: A descriptive study of central and north Bhili. (Doctoral dissertation, Gujarat University; xvii+362pp.)

Leonhard Jungblut. 1937. Short Bhili Grammar of Jhabua State and Adjoining Territories. Mhow: Rising Star Printing Press. 100pp.

Tagare, G. V. 1958. Some vocables in the Bhili of West Baglan (Nasik District). Indian Linguistics 18. 197-201.

https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_bhb_detail-1/page/n3/mode/2up

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
Bhili Language is written with Gujarati and Devanagari Scripts

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat

Size / Number of users

Number of users

10413637
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion