Varli language

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Varli

| nativename = {{lang|vav|वारली}}, {{lang|vav|વારળી}}

| states = India

| region = Maharashtra, Gujarat

| ethnicity = Warli

| speakers = {{sigfig|387,000|2}}

| date = 2011 census

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Southern Zone

| fam5 = Marathi–Konkani

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

| iso3 = vav

| glotto = varl1238

| glottorefname = Dungar Varli

}}

Varli or Warli is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Warli people. The language is usually classified as Marathi, but sometimes as Konkani or Bhil.

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=The Warlis |last=Save |first=K. J. |location=Bombay |publisher=Padma Publications Ltd. |date=1945 |pages=186-201 |chapter=Dialect}}