Pardhan language

Gondi language of India
Pardhan
Native toIndia
Native speakers
140,000 (2007)[1]
Language family
Dravidian
  • South-Central
    • Gondi–Kui
      • Gondi languages
        • Pardhan
Writing system
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3pch
Glottologpard1245

Pardhan (or Pradhan) is a dialect of Gondi spoken by the Pardhan people, a community who are the traditional bards of the Gonds. Its speakers are found in areas where the Gonds live: southeastern Madhya Pradesh, far-eastern Maharashtra and northern Telangana. Approximately 140,000 people speak this dialect.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pardhan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Valte, Thangmualian; Mathai, Eldose K.; George, Symon (2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Pardhan Community of Central India". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.559.17.
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