{{More citations needed|date=February 2026}}{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox language |name = Phudagi |altname = Vadvali |nativename = {{lang|phd|फुदगी}}<br/ > {{lang|phd|वाडवळी}} |states = India |region = Maharashtra: Dahanu, Naigaon, Thane |speakers = {{sigfig|2500|2}} |date=2000 |ref=e18 |familycolor = Indo-European |fam2 = Indo-Iranian |fam3 = Indo-Aryan |fam4 = Southern Zone |fam5 = Marathi–Konkani |iso3 = phd |glotto=phud1238 |glottorefname=Phudagi }}
The '''Phudagi language''', also known as '''Vadvali''', is a language or dialect of the Marathi–Konkani group.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Voegelin |first=C. F. |last2=Voegelin |first2=F. M. |date=1966 |title=Index of Languages of the World (M-Z) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029158 |journal=Anthropological Linguistics |volume=8 |issue=7 |pages=i–202 |issn=0003-5483}}</ref> This language is spoken by Panchkalshi and Chaukalshi communities residing in Palghar, Vasai localities.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}} It is considered an endangered language, due to its decreased use as a first language for young people.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Phudagi {{!}} Ethnologue Free |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/phd/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230309072002/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/phd/ |archive-date=2023-03-09 |access-date=2026-02-22 |work=Ethnologue (Free All) |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{Indo-Aryan languages}} Category:Konkani languages Category:Southern Indo-Aryan languages Category:Languages written in Devanagari {{IndoAryan-lang-stub}}