Lambadi Explained

Lambani
Nativename:ಲಂಬಾಣಿ
Also Known As:Lambadi, Lamani, Banjari
States:India
Ethnicity:Banjara
Speakers:4,857,819
Date:2011 census
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Rajasthani
Iso3:lmn
Glotto:lamb1269
Glottorefname:Lambadi
Map:Lang Status 80-VU.svg
Person:Gor
People:Gor Banjara
Language:Lambani

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]

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 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana (written in the Telugu script). Speakers are bilingual in either Telugu, Kannada, or Marathi.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. censusindia.gov.in. 27 March 2020. Combining Banjari + Lamani/Lambadi/Labani . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410092258/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf . 10 April 2021.
  2. Book: Naik. Dhansing B.. The Art and Literature of Banjara Lambanis: A Socio-cultural Study. 2000. Abhinav Prakashan. New Delhi. 10. 30 September 2014. 9788170173649.