Lambadi

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Lambadi
Banjari, Labanki
Native toIndia
EthnicityBanjara
Native speakers
4,857,819 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lmn
Glottologlamb1269

Lambadi, Labanki or Banjari is a language spoken by the once nomadic Banjara people across India,Ancient Pastoral Nomadic Community of India Ancient Warrior Community/Raajputs Medieval Traders/Grain Carriers Modern Grain Transporters by Pack Bullock Cart Modern Semi-Nomadic Tribal (Salt Carriers) Now Settlers

Ancient Nomadic Tribes of India Backward community of India Traders/Warriors/ Transporters Settled as agriculturists and wage labours Educators (ST/SC/BC) and it belongs to Indo-Aryan group of languages. The language does not have a native script.[2]


Regional dialects are divided between the Banjara of Maharashtra (written in Devanagari), Karnataka (written in the Kannada script), Tamil Nadu (written in the Tamil script) and Telangana, Andhra Pradesh (written in the Telugu script). Speakers are bilingual in either Telugu, Kannada, or Marathi.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 March 2020. Combining Banjari + Lamani/Lambadi/Labani
  2. ^ Naik, Dhansing B. (2000). The Art and Literature of Banjara Lambanis: A Socio-cultural Study. New Delhi: Abhinav Prakashan. p. 10. ISBN 9788170173649. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

Bibliography

  • 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. 1968. The Grammar of Lamani.
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