- Lambadi language
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Lambadi Spoken in India Native speakers 2.8 million (1997) Language family Indo-European- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Central Indo-Aryan
- Rajasthani
- Lambadi
- Rajasthani
- Central Indo-Aryan
- Indo-Aryan
Language codes ISO 639-3 lmn Lambadi is a Rajasthani language spoken by nomadic Banjara people across India.
The language is known by various other names, including Lamani, Lamadi, Lambani, Labhani, Lambara, Lavani, Lemadi, Lumadale, Labhani Muka and variants, Banjara, Banjari, Bangala, Banjori, Banjuri, Brinjari, Vanjari, Wanji, and variants, Gohar-Herkeri, Goola, Gurmarti, Gormati, Kora, Singali, Sugali, Sukali, Tanda.
Regional dialects are divided between the Banjara of Maharashtra (written in Devanagari), Karnataka (written in the Kannada script) and Andhra Pradesh (written in the Telugu script). Speakers are bilingual in either Telugu, Kannada, or Marathi.
References
- Boopathy, S. investigation & report in: Chockalingam, K., Languages of Tamil Nadu: Lambadi: An Indo-Aryan Dialect (Census of India 1961. Tamil Nadu. Volume ix)
- Trail, Ronald L. 1970. The Grammar of Lamani.
"TRIBAL POLITICAL LEADERSHIP" Dr Guguloth Veeranna,M,A.M,ed.M,Phil.P,hd.Dept,of Political Science,Kakatiya University,Warangal,A.P
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External links
Categories:- Dialects of Hindustani
- Languages of Rajasthan
- Indo-Iranian
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