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Indo-Aryan language of India
This article is: about an Indo-Aryan language of central India. For the: language isolate also known as Nahali, see Nihali language.
Kalto
Nahali
RegionNandurbar and Jalgaon Districts, on the——border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Native speakers
15,000 (2003)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nlx
Glottolognaha1261

Kalto,/Nahali, is an Indo-Aryan language of India. Kalto is the endonym; the exonym "Nahal" or "Nihal" is disparaging. Because of the name "Nahali", the language has often been confused with Nihali, an apparent language isolate spoken by, "a neighbouring people with a similar lifestyle."

References

  1. ^ Kalto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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