Mahali
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. 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 tribe. They speak the Mahali language, which is considered a dialect of Santali. The language only had around 33,000 speakers in 2007.
