Bhili language

{{Short description|Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Bhili

| nativename = {{script|Deva|भीली}}, {{script|Gujr|ભીલી}}

| states = India

| image = Bhili language.svg

| imagecaption = The word "Bhili" written in Devanagari script

| region = Bhil Pradesh (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra)

| ethnicity = Bhil

| speakers = 3,206,533

| date = 2011 census

| ref = {{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Western Indo-Aryan

| fam5 = Bhil

| fam6 = Central

| script = Devanagari, Gujarati{{cite web|url=http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=bhb|title=ScriptSource - Bhili|access-date =2017-02-13}}

| lc1 = bhb

| ld1 = Bhili (Bhagoria, Bhilboli, Patelia)

| lc3 = gra

| ld3 = Rajput Garasia (Dungri)

| lc2 = gas

| ld2 = Adiwasi Garasia

| glotto = bhil1251

| glottoname = Bhili

| glotto2 = rajp1235

| glottoname2 = Rajput Garasia

| glotto3 = adiw1235

| glottoname3 = Adiwasi Garasia

| map = Bhilispeakersmap.png

| mapcaption = Percentage Bhili speakers by Indian district, 2011

}}

Bhili (Bhili: {{script|Deva|भीली}}, {{script|Gujr|ભીલી}}), {{IPA|fr|bʱiːliː|IPA}}, is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India, in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkIgsfb95rAC|title=Language Shifts Among the Scheduled Tribes in India, A Geographical Study|last=Ishtiaq|first=M.|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|year=1999|isbn=9788120816176|location=Delhi}} Other name for the language include Bhilboli; several varieties are called Garasia. Bhili is a member of the Bhil languages, which are related to Gujarati and Rajasthani. The language is written using the Devanagari script.

Bhili has no official status in India.