Sadri language

Sadri
Nagpuri
Sadani
Native toIndia
RegionJharkhand, 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 639-3Either:
sck – Sadri
sdr – Oraon Sadri
Glottologsada1242

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]

  1. "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. "Sadri - the Language of Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. "Sadri - the Language of Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  4. "Sadani / Sadri". www.southasiabibliography.de. Archived from the original on 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  5. "Sadri". Ethnologue.

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