Varli in India

Speakers

387,481

Type

Location

Varli in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Varli in India

Size

387,481

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Western India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Some material is available in Varli language in the form of folklore, linguistic and cultural studies.
Kamlesh Gayakwad, (2016), Varli Lokgeeto, Flamingo Publications Gujarati 978-81-933116-2-2.

Sanad Varli, (2021). VARLI SAMAJNI LOKAKATHAO. Flamingo Publications, Gujarati 978-93-91920-12-8.

Dungari varli pratamika patya pustak K. G. Vad, V. K. Patil and H. R. Ranganatha
http://library.ciil.org:8080/lib/item?id=chamo:51581&fromLocationLink=false&theme=ciil

Dungar Varli-Marathi-2 N. B. Nadge, S. J. Guraw, M. R. Ranganatha, K. G. Vad aur K. S. Rajyashree
http://library.ciil.org:8080/lib/item?id=chamo:159179&fromLocationLink=false&theme=ciil

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Some videos are available in Varli language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3P3xME-CvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-gREQ6KuCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Mvr7rUWRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNSUnZozVc

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/vav

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes
Comments
Abraham, G. and Abraham, Hemalatha. 2012. Varli Phonology and Grammar Sketches. (SIL Language and Culture Documentation and Description, 20.) Dallas, Texas: SIL International. 113pp.

Ghatage, A.M. 1969. Warli of Thana. (A survey of Marathi dialects, VII.) Bombay: State Board for Literature and Culture. vii+155pp.
https://indianculture.gov.in/union-catalogue/warli-thana

Ranganatha, M. R. 1976. Survey of Varli in Dadra & Nagar Haveli. (Monograph, VI.) Office of the Registrar General.

Patil, Gajanan M. 1957. A Wārli tale. Indian Linguistics 17. 259-265.

https://glosbe.com/vav/gu

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
Varli language is mainly written in Gujarati script.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Size / Number of users

Number of users

387481
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Source
https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Varli

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Completion