Kalto language
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This article is about an Indo-Aryan language of central India. For the language isolate also known as Nahali, see Nihali language.
Kalto, or 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.
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Kalto | |
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Nahali | |
Region | Nandurbar and Jalgaon Districts, on the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2003)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nlx |
Glottolog | naha1261 |
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