Vaagri Booli language

Unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of India
Vaagri Booli
Hakkipikki/Narikuravar
Native toIndia
RegionTamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Ethnicity12,000 (2007)[1]
Native speakers
9,300 (2007)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • (unclassified; Bhili?)
        • Vaagri Booli
Writing system
Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3vaa
Glottologvaag1238

Vaagri Booli is an unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of southern India. It is not closely related to Hindi or Marathi. Hakkipikki and other local names for the people mean 'bird catchers'.

References

  1. ^ a b Vaagri Booli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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