Sadri | |
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Nagpuri | |
Sadani | |
Native to | India |
Region | Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha |
Native speakers | 5.1 million (2011 census)[1][2] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi. |
Early form | |
Devanagari, Kaithi, Eastern Nagari, Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:sck – Sadrisdr – Oraon Sadri |
Glottolog | sada1242 |
Sadri (also Nagpuri) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It is the native language of the Sadaan, an ethino-linguistic group of the of Chota Nagpur region.[3] In addition to native speaker, Sadri is also used as a lingua-fraca by large number of tribal groups such as: Kharia, Munda, Bhumij, Kurukh and many of these tribal group have adopted Sadri as their first language.[4] It spoken by many Tea-tribes of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh.[5]