Kalto | |
Nativename: | Nahali |
Region: | Nandurbar and Jalgaon Districts, on the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh |
Speakers: | 15,000 |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
Fam4: | Western Indo-Aryan |
Fam5: | Bhil |
Iso3: | nlx |
Glotto: | naha1261 |
Glottorefname: | Nahali-Baglani |
Kalto, or Nahali, is an Indo-Aryan language of India. Kalto is the endonym; the exonym "Nahal" or "Nihal" is disparaging. Because of the name "Nahali", the language has often been confused with Nihali, an apparent language isolate spoken by a neighbouring people with a similar lifestyle.