Vaagri Booli is an unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of southern India. It is not closely related to Hindi or Marathi. Hakkipikki and other local names for the people mean 'bird catchers'.
| Vaagri Booli | |
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| Hakkipikki/Narikuravar | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Maharashtra |
| Ethnicity | 12,000 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 9,300 (2007)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Tamil script |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vaa |
| Glottolog | vaag1238 |
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See also: Old and Middle Indo-Aryan; Indo-Iranian languages; Nuristani languages; Iranian languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||