Mahali: Difference between revisions

'''Mahali, Mahle, Mahili''' are an ethnic group in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Mahali are indigenous to the states of [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]].<ref name="lawmin">{{cite web | format = PDF | url = http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/rules%20&%20order%20under%20Constitution/THE%20CONSTITUTION%20(SCHEDULED%20TRIBES)%20ORDER,%201950.pdf | title = The Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order, 1950 | pages = 180, 182 | publisher = Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India | accessdate = 2009-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180127114304/http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/rules%20%26%20order%20under%20Constitution/THE%20CONSTITUTION%20%28SCHEDULED%20TRIBES%29%20ORDER%2C%201950.pdf | archive-date = 27 January 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They mostly reside in areas of [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]] near the [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]]. Mahali people form a different tribe which is sometimes grouped together with the [[Munda people|Munda]] tribe.<ref name="lawmin" /> They speak the Mahali language, which is considered a dialect of [[Santali language|Santali]]. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/india/29182775_1_odia-odisha-orissa-chief-minister | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/india/29182775_1_odia-odisha-orissa-chief-minister | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-05 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Orissa's new name is Odisha | date=2011-03-24}}</ref> The language only had around 33,000 speakers in 2007.