Sadri language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sadri |
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| Nagpuri Sadani |
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| Native to | India |
| Region | Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha |
| Native speakers | 5.1 million (2011 census) Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi. |
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Prakrit
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| Writing system | Devanagari, Kaithi, Eastern Nagari, Latin |
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. 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. It spoken by many Tea-tribes of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Script
In past, either Devanagari or Kaithi script were use in writing Nagpuri poems. In present, Nagpuri is commonly written in the Devanagari script.
Geographical Distribution
Nagpuri language is chiefly spoken in western Chota Nagpur Plateau region of west-central Jharkhand in districts such as Latehar, Lohardaga, Chatra, Palamu, Garhwa, Gumla, Simdega, Ranchi, Khunti, West Singhbhum North-east Chhattisgarh in district Jashpur, Surguja, Balrampur, South-east Uttar Pradesh in Sonbhadra, Northern Odisha in Sundargarh and south-west Bihar in Aurangabad district.
Alternate names
Alternate names of dialects include: Sadani, Sadana, Sadati, Sadari, Sadhan, Sadna, Sadrik, Santri, Siddri, Sradri, Sadhari, Sadan, Nagpuria, Nagpuri, Chota Nagpuri, Dikku Kaji, Gawari, Ganwari, Goari, Gauuari, Jharkhandhi.
Images for kids
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1903 Linguistic map of East Chota Nagpur, by G.A. Grierson
