Pardhan language

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

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. Glottolog lists it as 'unattested'.

References

1 2 Pardhan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ 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 CiteSeerX}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Pardhan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.

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[e25-1] 1 2 Pardhan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[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. {{cite CiteSeerX}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)

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