Pardhan language

Pardhan
Pardhan
Native to	India
Native speakers	140,000 (2007)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondi languages Gondi Pardhan; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pch
Glottolog	pard1245

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.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Pardhan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Ethnologue report for language code:pch
^ Valte, Thangmualian; Mathai, Eldose K.; George, Symon (2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Pardhan Community of Central India". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.559.17. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[e18-1] Pardhan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Ethnologue report for language code:pch

[3] Valte, Thangmualian; Mathai, Eldose K.; George, Symon (2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Pardhan Community of Central India". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.559.17. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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