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{{Short description|Language of India}}
{{Redirect-distinguish2|Banjari language|the [[Banjar language]] of Indonesia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Lambani
|nativename={{lang|lmn-Deva|लंबाडी}}, {{lang|lmn-Knda|ಲಂಬಾಣಿ}}, {{lang|lmn-Taml|லம்பாடி}}, {{lang|lmn-Telu|లంబాణి}}
|altname=Lambadi, Lamani, Banjari
|states=[[India]]
|ethnicity=[[Banjara]]
|speakers= 4,857,819
|date=2011 census
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf|title=Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=27 March 2020|quote=Combining Banjari + Lamani/Lambadi/Labani |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410092258/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=[[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
|fam3=[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
|fam4=[[Western Indo-Aryan languages|Western]]
|fam5=[[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]]
|iso3=lmn
|glotto=lamb1269
|glottorefname=Lambadi
|map             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
|mapcaption      = {{center|Lambadi is classified as "vulnerable" by the [[UNESCO]] [[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/india/languages/lambadi |title=Lambadi in India |work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref>}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym
|person=Gor
|people=Gor Banjara
|language=Lambani
}}
'''Lambadi''', '''Lambani''', '''Lamani''' or '''Banjari''' is a [[Indo-Aryan languages|Western Indo-Aryan]] language spoken by the [[Banjara]] people across [[India]]. The language does not have a native script.<ref name=dhan>{{cite book|last1=Naik|first1=Dhansing B.|title=The Art and Literature of Banjara Lambanis: A Socio-cultural Study|date=2000|publisher=Abhinav Prakashan|location=New Delhi|page=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXcn-PhP3AwC&q=culture&pg=PA71|access-date=30 September 2014|isbn=9788170173649}}</ref>
Regional dialects are divided between the Banjara of [[Maharashtra]] (written in [[Devanagari]]), [[Karnataka]] (written in the [[Kannada script]]), [[Tamil Nadu]] (written in the [[Tamil script]]) and [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]] (written in the [[Telugu script]]). Speakers are bilingual in either [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], or [[Marathi language|Marathi]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<!-- NOTE: the bilinguism may exist but seems not to be universal, per the Banjara article - some only speak Lambadi-->
==References==
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== Bibliography ==
*Boopathy, S. Investigation & report in: Chockalingam, K., ''Languages of Tamil Nadu: Lambadi: An Indo-Aryan Dialect'' (Census of India 1961. Tamil Nadu. Volume ix)
*Trail, Ronald L. 1968. ''The Grammar of Lamani.''
*{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Irvine |title=The Grammar of Lamani |date=1970 |publisher=[[SIL International]] |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/10/65/22/106522541261516644341351990009797392571/12544.pdf}}
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[[Category:Banjara people| ]]
[[Category:Western Indo-Aryan languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Languages of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Languages of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Languages of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Languages of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Languages of Telangana]]
[[Category:Languages written in Devanagari]]
[[Category:Languages listed as Hindi dialects in latest census]]