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
Lambadi | |
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Banjari, Labanki | |
Native to | India |
Ethnicity | Banjara |
Native speakers | 4,857,819 (2011 census)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lmn |
Glottolog | lamb1269 |
Ancient Nomadic Tribes of India Backward community of India Traders/Warriors/ Transporters Settled as agricultarists 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]
Combining Banjari + Lamani/Lambadi/Labani
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