Lambadi
| Lambadi | |
|---|---|
| Gor-boli, Banjari | |
| Native to | India |
| Ethnicity | Lambadi, Banjara, Gormati |
Native speakers | 4,857,819 (2011 census)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lmn |
| Glottolog | lamb1269 |
Lambadi or Gor-boli, also called Banjari, is a language spoken by the once nomadic Banjara people across India and it belongs to Indo-Aryan group of languages. The language does not have a native script.[2]
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, 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) Tamil Nadu and Telangana (written in the Telugu script). Speakers are bilingual in either Telugu, Kannada, or Marathi.
References
- ^ "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
- ^ 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. 1970. The Grammar of Lamani.