Nimadi language

"Nimadi" redirects here. For other uses, see Nimadi (disambiguation).

Nimadi is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Nimar region of west-central India within the state of Madhya Pradesh. This region lies adjacent to Maharashtra and south of Malwa. The districts where Nimadi is spoken are: Barwani, Khandwa, Barwaha, Khargone, Burhanpur, Sanawad and southern most parts of Dhar, Harda and Dewas districts. This language is classified as a dialect of Rajasthani language. The famous writers of Nimari were Gaurishankar Sharma, Ramnarayan Upadhyay, Surendra Khede, etc.^[2]

Nimadi
निमाड़ी
The word "Nimadi" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India
Region	Nimar in Madhya Pradesh
Native speakers	2.31 million (2011 census)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Rajasthani Nimadi
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	noe
Glottolog	nima1243

Nimari is mainly spoken in Khargone, Barwani and Khandwa districts. Ramnarayan Upadhyay, Mahadeo Prasad Chaturvedi, Prabhakar Ji Dubey, Jeevan Joshi, and others worked in it. "Ammar Bol " (Translation of Bhagwat Geeta) composed by Mahadeo Prasad Chaturvedi "Madhya" is the first epic in Nimari. Prabhakar Ji Dubey was also awarded by the president of India. He lived in a town named Barwaha which is situated near Maheshwar and Omkasreshwar(One of the jyotirlinga). He played many stage dramas. He was a disciple of Rama Dada and often used to visit Khandwa. He is still famous for songs like "Gammat, Swang". He also worked as a professional teacher. His one of the book named "Thumka" was also awarded by Academy of Isuri. He died on 13 March 1997.