Bagheli language

Bagheli
बघेली
The word "Bagheli" written in Devanagari script
Native toIndia
RegionBagelkhand
Native speakers
2,694,964 (2011 census)
Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi
Devanagari
Official status
Official language in
None
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bfy – Bagheli
pwr – Powari
Glottologbagh1251  Bagheli
powa1246  Powari
Linguasphere59-AAF-rc
Baghelkhand region where Bagheli is spoken

Bagheli (Devanagari: बघेली) or Baghelkhandi is a Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Baghelkhand region of central India.