The Nihali Language: Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary

India is the homeland of language of five different families-Dravidian, Austroasiatic, Indo-Aryan,Tibeto-Burman and Andamanese. There are a few languages which are not part of any of these genetic groups and nihali happens to be one of them. Nahals come under scheduled tribes and their population is estimated to be around 4000. The Language tables of census of India 2001 enumerate a total of 122 languages at the national level-22 scheduled and 100 non-sheduled. This is an outright understatement of the existing reality.