Kalto language
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Kalto or Nahali is an Indo-Aryan language
of India
. Kalto is the ethnonym; "Nahal" or "Nihal" is disparaging. The language is often confused with Nihali
, an apparent language isolate spoken by neighboring people with a similar lifestyle.
Indo-Aryan languages
The Indo-Aryan languages constitutes a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family...
of India
Languages of India
The languages of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages—Indo-Aryan and the Dravidian languages...
. Kalto is the ethnonym; "Nahal" or "Nihal" is disparaging. The language is often confused with Nihali
Nihali language
Nihali, also known as Nahali or erroneously as Kalto, is a language isolate spoken in west-central India by around 2,000 people out of an ethnic population of 5,000...
, an apparent language isolate spoken by neighboring people with a similar lifestyle.