Lambadi language

Lambadi
Spoken in	India
Native speakers	2.8 million  (1997)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Indo-Aryan Rajasthani Lambadi
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

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