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Bagheli is a language of the Baghelkhand region of central India . It is often considered to be a dialect of Hindi language, and is classified such by the Indian Census Report (1991). The Bagheli speakers are found mainly in six districts of Madhya Pradesh ( Rewa , Satna , Sidhi , Shahdol , Umaria and Anuppur ), and also in some districts of Uttar Pradesh like Allahabad and Mirzapur . HISTORY The language spoken in Baghelkhand has been known as Bagheli since the 13th century. Bagheli is a regional language used for intra-group and inter-group communication. It is also known as Baghelkhandi, Rimahi and Riwai (Rewa district). Dr. George Grierson in his Linguistic survey of India classified Bagheli under Indo-Aryan, Eastern Hindi. The extensive research by Dr. Bhagawati Prasad Shukla also agrees with Dr. Grierson’s classification. Ethnologue classifies Bagheli as Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, and East Central zone (Grimes 1992:552). According to Dr. Bhagawati Prasad Shukla, Bagheli language has three major divisions: #Pure Bagheli #West Mixed Bagheli #Southern Broken Bagheli Indian Census report 1991 classifies Bagheli/Baghelkhandi as a dialect of Hindi under Scheduled language list. The dialects of Bagheli language are Remai, Riwai, Godwani (spoken by Gonds) and Kumhari (spoken by Kumhars). LANGUAGE BOUNDARIES Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Shahdol, Umaria and Anuppur are primary districts of Bagheli speaking area. Bagheli speaking area extends up to Allahabad and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jabalpur districts of Madhya Pradesh and Bilaspur and Koriya districts of Chhattisgarh. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
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