Nihali
Nihali is a language isolate spoken in India, by about 2,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Nihali, also known as Nahali (निहाली, नहाली Nihālī, Nahālī, pronounced [nihaːliː, nahaːliː]), is an endangered language isolate that is spoken in west-central India by approximately 2,500 people as of 2016. The name of the language derives from nahāl, meaning "tiger".
Nihali has not been definitively proven to be related to any other surrounding language families of South Asia, such as Munda, Indo-Aryan, and Dravidian languages, nor to other language isolates like Burushaski and Kusunda. However, a connection with Ainu has been suggested.
From Wikipedia · Nihali language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Nihali
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | kol | |
| blood | चॉर्टॉ | |
| water | joppo | |
| snake | कोगॉ | kōǵo |
| one | बिडुम | biḍum |
| bread | सोक्र | sokra |
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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