| Pardhan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2007)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| 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.[1][2]
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.
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