Lambadi language

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The Lambadi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Banjara (Lambadi) community in parts of India.

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Label Occurrences
Lambadi language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternativeName Banjara
surface form: Banjari

Gor Boli
Lamani
Lambadi
associatedWithCulture Banjara folk culture
associatedWithMusicGenre Lambadi folk songs
closelyRelatedTo Marwari language
Rajasthani languages
codeSwitchingWith Hindi
Kannada
Marathi language
surface form: Marathi

Telugu
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroupAssociated Banjara
hasDialects regional varieties
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Hindi
Kannada
Marathi language
surface form: Marathi

Telugu
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Kannada
Telugu
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
primaryFunction intra-community communication
region Central India
South India
Western India
spokenBy Banjara people
Lambadi
surface form: Lambadi community
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
India
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Telangana
status minority language in India
usedFor folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn traditional Banjara rituals
writingSystem Devanagari script
Kannada script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Telugu script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telugu script writingSystemFor Lambadi language