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Raika
Indigenous Group	Raika (Also known as: Rabari, Rebari, Rabha, Rahbari, Maru, Godwar, Pitalia, Chalkia, Rabbari, Sorthia, Sorathi Charalia, Charmta, Luni, Kushar, Tank, Muchhal Ka, Dhebariya, Dheberya, Vagadiya, Vagariya, Desi, Kutchi, Bhopa, Gujarati, Mogha, Vishotar, Sinai)
Location	India, Rajasthan & Gujarat, Pali District, Jalore District, Sirohi District, Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh
Estimated Population	500,000 (2004, ELDIS)
Environment	Desert / Harsh
Lifestyle	Semi-nomadic
Subsistence	Animal Husbandry / Paid Labor
Level of Assimilation	Traditional
Language Family	Gujarati Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Gujarati Alternate names: Gujrathi, Gujerati, Gujerathi Dialects: Standard Gujarati (Saurashtra Standard, Nagari, Bombay Gujarati, Patnuli), Gamadia (Gramya, Surati, Anawla, Brathela, Eastern Broach Gujarati, Charotari, Patidari, Vadodari, Ahmedabad Gamadia, Patani), Parsi, Kathiyawadi (Jhalawadi, Sorathi, Holadi, Gohilwadi, Bhawnagari), Kharwa, Kakari, Tarimuki (Ghisadi). Koli, Kachi Alternate names: Bajania, Kuchi, Kachi, Katchi, Koli, Kohli, Kolhi, Kori, Kuchikoli, Vagari, Vagaria, Vaghri, Kachi Gujarati Dialects: Kachi, Rabari (Rahabari), Kachi Bhil, Vagri (Kachi Meghwar), Katai Meghwar, Zalavaria Koli.
Website URLs	Ilse Köhler-Rollefson: Preserving the identity of the Raika peoples Raika Pastoralists of the Thur Desert The Raika Sheep Husbandry and Ethnoveterinary knowledge of Raika sheep pastoralists in Rajasthan, India. The Karen Commitment Native Planet Cultural Tours List of publications about Rajasthan Pastoralists Indigenous Knowledge of animal breeding and breeds The LIFE approach to documenting breeds Rabari Embroidery Wikipedia – Rabari Photos of Rabari nomads People Groups - Rabari Ethnologue: Gujarati, a language of India Ethnologue: Koli, Kachi, a language of India Rabaris Pastoralism in India: A Scoping Study Asian Development Bank, Article: Selected traits of tribal groups ELDIS, Article: The Black Sheep of Rajasthan
NGOs	League for Pastoral Peoples Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS) Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Project Marustali Practical Action GRAIN World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP) Centre for Sustainable Development & Environment (CENESTA) Land and Water Development Division (FAO AGL) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Dana Declaration on mobile peoples and conservation UK Agricultural Biodiversity Coalition (UK-abc) German NGO Forum on Environment and Development Native Planet The LIFE Initiative (LIFE) Nitigat Vikas Sansthan