Lambadi

Lambadi
	Gor-boli, Banjari
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Banjara
Native speakers	4,857,819 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Rajasthani–Marwari Rajasthani Lambadi; ; ; ; ; ;
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]

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.

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[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

[dhan-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.