The Malwi dialect of Rajasthani is also known as Ahiri; and that curious form of gujarati, which is half a Bhil dialect, and is generally known as Khandeshi, also bears the name of Ahirani.
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The origin of the Badhaks is obscure, but they seem to have belonged to Gujarat, as their peculiar dialect, still in use, is a form of gujarati.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
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If on the other hand it is argued, not that two or three or more of the important subdivisions should be erected into independent castes, but that Bania is not a caste at all, and that every subcaste should be treated as a separate caste, then such purely local groups as Kanaujia, Jaiswar, gujarati, Jaunpuri and others, which are found in forty or fifty other castes, would have to become separate castes; and if in this one case why not in all the other castes where they occur?
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
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