Sadri language
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| Sadri | ||
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| Spoken in: | India, Bangladesh | |
| Region: | Jharkhand and surrounding states | |
| Total speakers: | ca. 2 million (1997) | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Group Bihari Sadri |
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| Writing system: | Devanagari | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | bih | |
| ISO 639-3: | either: sck – Sadri sdr – Oraon Sadri |
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| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Sadri is a branch of Prakrit language and is regarded as the sister languages of Oriya, Bengali and Angika, spoken in Indian state of Jharkhand and Bangladesh.
Speakers of Jharkhand also use Hindi, Oriya, and Bengali. Population includes 1,381,000 Sadani, 574,000 Nagpuri, and 165,683 Oraon (as of 1997). Also spoken by the Chero tribe as first language.
Alternate names and/or 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.
