Berar-Deccan Marathi should not be confused with Deccani Urdu.
| Berar-Deccan Marathi | |
| States: | India |
| Region: | Deccan |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e23 |
| Speakers2: | (perhaps conflated with Deccani Urdu) |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
| Fam4: | Southern Zone |
| Fam5: | Marathi–Konkani |
| Fam6: | Marathi? |
| Dia1: | Bijapuri |
| Dia2: | Kalvadi (Dharwar) |
| Iso3: | dcc |
| Glotto: | decc1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Deccan |
Berar-Deccan Marathi, is a possible language of the Marathi–Konkani group, or perhaps just a regional dialect of Marathi. Glottolog reports that it is closely related to Varhadi-Nagpuri. (Sub)dialects are Bijapuri (of Bijapur district, Karnataka) and Kalvadi (of Dharwad district). These have been counted among the Marathi dialects,[1] and it is not clear just how distinct they are from standard Marathi, with the distinct Deccani language perhaps being Deccani Urdu.
Berar-Deccan Marathi shares the names of Deccani Urdu: Dakhini, Dakhni, Dakini, Dakkani, Dakkhani, etc.Ethnologue says the speakers are Muslim and that the language is written in the Nastaliq (primarily) and Devanagari scripts, but again this may be due to confusion with Deccani Urdu.