Lambadi

Lambadi

Lambadi

Language of India

"Banjari language" redirects here. Not to be confused with the Banjar language of Indonesia.

Lambadi, Lambani, Lamani or Banjari is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Banjara people across India. The language does not have a native script.[2]

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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. [1]
    "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020. Combining Banjari + Lamani/Lambadi/Labani
  2. [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.
  • Davis, Irvine (1970). The Grammar of Lamani (PDF). SIL International.
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