Pardhan

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
pch
Alternate Names
Pradhan, Pradhani
Population

135,000 (2007). Ethnic population: 347,000.

Location

Madhya Pradesh, Seoni, Mandla, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Betul, Balaghat, and Jabalpur districts; Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Bilaspur, and Surguja districts; Maharashtra, Bhandara, Garhchiroli, Nagpur, Wardha, and Yavatmal districts; Andhra Pradesh, Adilbad district.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi
Language Use

Most in Madhya Pradesh also use Hindi [hin]; in Maharashtra also use Marathi [mar].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pardhan
Other Comments

L1 is Gondi [gon] (Singh 1994). Hindu.