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.[1][2] Glottolog lists it as ‘unattested’.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ “Glottolog 5.1 – Pardhan”. glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
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