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Gowlan tongue

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Native to
  
India

Native speakers
  
20,200 (2000)

Ethnicity
  
Gowlan people

ISO 639-3
  
goj – Gowlan

Region
  
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, northern Karnataka

Language family
  
Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Gowlan

Gowlan is an Indo-Aryan language of India spoken by the Gowlan people, a Scheduled Caste. Gowlan speakers are situated in the Amravati district of Maharashtra, the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh and northern Karnataka. According to Ethnologue, Gowlan belongs to the Southern Zone, and possesses substantial lexical similarities with Bhalay.

References

Gowlan tongue Wikipedia