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Adi Padam
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Aimol
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Angami
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Ao
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Awan
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Badaga
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Bharia
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Baiga
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Bangni
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Banjara
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Bhil
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Birhor
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Bishnoi
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Bodo
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Bondo
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Chakhesang
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Chang
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Chenchu
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Chote
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Dal
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Dandami Marias
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Dhodia
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Didayi
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Digaro-Mishmi
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Dimasa Kachari
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Dogra |
Gaddis
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Garo
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Gowlan
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Gujjars
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Halbaa
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Hmar
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Ho
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Idu Mishmi
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Irula
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Jaintias
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Jarawa
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Jenu Kurumba
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Juang
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Kabui
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Kadu Kuruba
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Khasi
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Khoibu
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Khond
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Kinnaure
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Kisan
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Kondh
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Korku
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Koya
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Kulis
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Kutchi
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Lahules
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Liangmai
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Lohara
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Lotha
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Madia
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Magahi
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Magar Eastern
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Mahali
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Mao |
Maram
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Meena
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Meithei
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Miju-Mishmi
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Miri
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Monpa
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Monsang
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Munda
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Nicobarese Southern
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Nishi
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Nocte
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Onge
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Oraon
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Paite
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Paliyan
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Pangwali
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Piral
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Pochury
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Poumai
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Raika
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Rengma
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Sangtam
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Santali
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Saora
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Savara
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Sema
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Sentinel
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Shom Peng
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Spitians
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Sulung
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Tagin
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Tangkhul
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Tutsa
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Vaiphei
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Wancho
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Warli
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Yerukula
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Zangskari
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Zomi
| Bhil |
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| Indigenous Group |
Bhil (Also
known as: Bhilbari, Bhilboli, Bhilla, Bhili, Bhilodi, Vil, Bhagoria,
Lengotia) |
| Location |
India,
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, some in Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar, Tripura |
| Estimated Population |
1,300,000
(2005, Wikipedia) |
| Environment |
Harsh;
Mountainous and Arid |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Hunter / Paid labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Bhili
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan,
Central zone, Bhil
Alternate names: Bhilbari, Bhilboli, Bhilla, Bhil,
Bhilodi, Vil, Bhagoria, Lengotia
Dialects: Ahiri, Anarya (Pahadi), Bhilodi, Bhim, Charani,
Habura, Konkani, Kotali (Kotvali, Kotwalia), Magra Ki Boli, Nahari
(Baglani), Naikdi, Panchali, Patelia, Ranawat, Rani Bhil, Siyalgir.
Bhili of Ratlam District in Madhya Pradesh is inherently intelligible
with Wagdi and a connecting link between Gujarati and Rajasthani
(Marwari). Bhili highly intelligible to Bhilodi. |
| Website URLs |
Wikipedia: Bhili Language
South
Asian Media Net: The Origin of Races
Ethnologue:
Bhili
SIL,
Paper: Education of tribal children in India and the issue of medium
instruction: A Janshala Experience
Cultural
Survival, Article: Tribal Education in India
Ambedkar,
Article: Distress sale of poverty-stricken Bhil women
Native Planet
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| NGOs |
Nitigat Vikas
Sansthan
Bhil
Health Initiative and Literacy Society
Adivasi Eki Andolan
Asha
Asha Gram Trust
PRAYAS
Action for Social Advancement
Adivasi Chetna Shikshan Seva Samiti
Adivasi Sewashram Trust
Aktionsgemeinschaft Partner Indiens, e.V. (API)
World
Food Program |
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