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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Powari<br />
|states=[[India]]<br />
|region= Madhya Pradesh<br />
|speakers=325,772<br />
|date=2011 census<br />
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref><br />
|speakers2=Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi<br />
|familycolor=Indo-European<br />
|fam2=[[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]<br />
|fam3=[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]<br />
|fam4=[[Hindi languages|Central (Hindi)]]<br />
|script=[[Devanagari script]]<br />
|nation=<br />
|iso3=pwr<br />
|lingua=59-AAF-rc<br />
|glotto2=powa1246<br />
|glottoname2=Powari<br />
}} <br />
'''Powari''' is an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language spoken primarily in [[Madhya Pradesh]] and Eastern [[Maharashtra]]. It belongs to the [[Hindi languages|Hindi]] subgroup. However, further classification is difficult to determine. Despite the name, the majority of ethnic [[Powar]] people , who amount to approximately one million people (according to estimates in 1986), are not native speakers of Powari. About 70 % of Powar community members can speak & write Powari language .<br />
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== Classification ==<br />
Powari has variously been classified as a variety of (or possibly a regional name for) the [[Bundeli]] language,<ref>{{cite book |last= Masica |first= Colin |year=1993 |title= The Indo-Aryan Languages |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-29944-2}}</ref> or as a separate language belonging to either the [[Eastern Hindi]] or the [[Western Hindi]] subgroups.<br />
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==Geographical distribution==<br />
According to Ethnologue,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/pwr|title=Powari}}</ref> Powari is spoken in the [[Balaghat district|Balaghat]], [[Seoni district|Seoni]], districts of [[Madhya Pradesh]]; and [[Bhandara district|Bhandara]] and [[Gondia district|Gondia]] districts of [[Maharashtra]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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