Wagdi language
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The Wagdi language is one of the Bhil languages
Bhil languages
The Bhil languages are a group of Western Indo-Aryan languages spoken by some 6 million Bhils in western, central, and by small numbers, even in far eastern, India...

 of India, and is mutually intelligible with Bhili
Bhili language
Bhili is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India, in the region east of Ahmedabad. Other names for the language include Bhagoria and Bhilboli; varieties are Wagdi and Garasia. Bhili is a member of the Bhil language family, which is related to Gujarati and the Rajasthani language...

 (Bhil proper).

Other names for Wagdi are Wagadi, Vagdi, Vagadi, Vagari, Vageri, Vaged, Vagi, Wagari, Waghari, Wagri, Wagholi and Mina Bhil. There are three dialects of Wagdi: Aspur, Kherwara, Sagwara and Adivasi Wagdi.

Although sometimes referred to as Bagdi, it should not be confused with the Bagri dialect of the Rajasthani language
Rajasthani language
Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...

of India.

Sources

  • http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=WBR
  • http://www.joshuaproject.net/languages.php?rol3=wbr

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