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Lambadi

A language of India

ISO 639-3: lmn

Population	6,000,000 (2004). Ethnic population: Estimates range up to 40,000,000 for the total group.
Region	Andhra Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh; Himachal Pradesh; Gujarat; Tamil Nadu; Maharashtra; Karnataka; Orissa; West Bengal.
Alternate names	Bangala, Banjara, Banjari, Banjori, Banjuri, Brinjari, Gohar-Herkeri, Goola, Gormati, Gurmarti, Kora, Labhani, Labhani Muka, Lamadi, Lamani, Lambani, Lambara, Lavani, Lemadi, Lumadale, Singali, Sugali, Sukali, Tanda, Vanjari, Wanji
Dialects	Maharashtra Lamani, Karnataka Lamani (Mysore Lamani), Andhra Pradesh Lamani (Telugu Lamani).
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Unclassified
Language use	Also use Telugu [tel], Kannada [kan], or Marathi [mar].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 43% for Banjara of Andhra Pradesh. Many sources cite a much lower literacy rate for Banjara, 10%–20%. Radio programs. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Devanagari script. Kannada script. Telugu script.
Comments	A Scheduled Tribe in Orissa, a Scheduled Caste in Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh. ‘Gormati’ is self name. SOV. Agriculturalists; laborers. Traditional religion mixed with Hindu, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

TRAIL, Ronald L., author. 1968. Lamani: Phonology, grammar and lexicon.

TRAIL, Ronald L., author. 1970. The grammar of Lamani.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., author. 1980. "Some Lamani sentence types: An experiment in pedagogical research."