▁as ▁N ah ali ▁or ▁err one ously ▁as ▁Kal to , ▁is ▁a ▁mor ib und ▁language ▁isol ate ▁that ▁is ▁spoken ▁in ▁west - central ▁India ▁( in ▁Mad h ya ▁Pr adesh ▁and ▁Mah ar as ht ra ), ▁with ▁approximately ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁out ▁of ▁an ▁eth nic ▁population ▁of ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁N ih ali ▁trib al ▁area ▁is ▁just ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁T apt i ▁River , ▁around ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁T emb i ▁in ▁N imar ▁district ▁( B ur han pur ) ▁of ▁Mad h ya ▁Pr adesh . ▁Spe akers ▁of ▁the ▁N ih ali ▁language ▁are ▁also ▁present ▁in ▁several ▁villages ▁of ▁the ▁Bul dh ana ▁district ▁in ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁such ▁as ▁Jam od , ▁Son b ardi , ▁Ku var dev , ▁Ch alth ana , ▁Amb av ara , ▁Was ali , ▁and ▁Cic ari . ▁There ▁are ▁dialect al ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁Ku var dev - Ch alth ana ▁and ▁the ▁Jam od - S on b ardi ▁vari eties . ▁▁ ▁The ▁language ▁has ▁a ▁very ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁words ▁adopted ▁from ▁neighbor ing ▁languages , ▁with ▁ 6 0 – 7 0 % ▁apparently ▁taken ▁from ▁K ork u ▁( 2 5 % ▁of ▁voc ab ul ary ▁and ▁much ▁of ▁its ▁morph ology ), ▁from ▁D rav id ian ▁languages , ▁and ▁from ▁Mar ath i , ▁but ▁much