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Pardhan language

Pardhan 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. Glottolog lists it as 'unattested'.

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Pardhan
Pradhan
Native toIndia
RegionMadhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana
EthnicityPardhan
Native speakers
140,000 (2007)1
Dravidian
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3pch
Glottologpard1245

Pardhan (or Pradhan, IPA: [pɐrdʱaːn, prɐdʱaːn]) 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.12 Glottolog lists it as 'unattested'.3

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References

  1. 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.
  3. "Glottolog 5.1 - Pardhan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.