Nimadi language

{{Short description|Western Indo-Aryan language of India}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Nimadi

| nativename = निमाड़ी

| states = India

| region = Nimar in Madhya Pradesh

| speakers = 2.31 million

| 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}}

| speakers2 = Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Western

| fam5 = Rajasthani

| script = Devanagari

| iso3 = noe

| glotto = nima1243

| glottorefname = Nimadi

| image = Nimadi script.jpg

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

}}

Nimadi is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Nimar region of west-central India within the state of Madhya Pradesh. This region lies adjacent to Maharashtra and south of Malwa. The districts where Nimadi is spoken are: Barwani, Khandwa, Barwaha, Khargone, Burhanpur, Sanawad and southern most parts of Dhar, Harda and Dewas districts. This language is classified as a dialect of Rajasthani language. The famous writers of Nimari were Gaurishankar Sharma, Ramnarayan Upadhyay, Surendra Khede, etc.{{cite web |url=http://www.sumania.com/lang/allindi9.html |title=Archived copy |website=www.sumania.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040331/http://www.sumania.com/lang/allindi9.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Nimari is mainly spoken in Khargone, Barwani and Khandwa districts. Ramnarayan Upadhyay, Mahadeo Prasad Chaturvedi, Prabhakar Ji Dubey, Jeevan Joshi, and others worked in it. "Ammar Bol " (Translation of Bhagwat Geeta) composed by Mahadeo Prasad Chaturvedi "Madhya" is the first epic in Nimari. Prabhakar Ji Dubey was also awarded by the president of India. He lived in a town named Barwaha which is situated near Maheshwar and Omkasreshwar(One of the jyotirlinga). He played many stage dramas. He was a disciple of Rama Dada and often used to visit Khandwa. He is still famous for songs like "Gammat, Swang". He also worked as a professional teacher. His one of the book named "Thumka" was also awarded by Academy of Isuri. He died on 13 March 1997.