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| Waddar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Nepal |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra |
| Ethnicity | Waddar |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2011 census)[1] |
| Telugu, Kannada, Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wbq |
| Glottolog | wadd1237 |
Waddar, or Vadari (IPA: [ʋɐɖːɐr(i)]), is a Dravidian language which belongs to the Telugu branch of its South-Central family, spoken among social caste of Waddars scattered over South India, and Sri Lanka especially in Karnataka, where it has a status of Scheduled caste. 200,000 people reported their languages as 'Vadari' in the 2011 census. Ethnologue treats it as separate Dravidian language closely related to Telugu, but without clear grounds. Waddars show their close relevance to Kaikadis.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ↑ Zvelebil (1990), p. 57.
Sources
[edit]- Zvelebil, Kamil (1990), Dravidian Linguistics: An Introduction, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, ISBN 978-81-8545-201-2
- Chandrashekhar Bhat. Ethnicity and Mobility: Emerging Ethnic Identity and Social Mobility Among the Waddars of South India. Concept Publishing Company, 1984.
Further reading
[edit]- Sarikar, Parappa D. (1998). Bijapur Wadda dialect, a synchronic linguistic analysis (PhD). Karnatak University. hdl:10603/96379.
- Ghodke, Digambar M. (2017). Bilingual behaviour of the waddar community in Maharashtra: a study of language maintenance and language shift (PhD). Savitribai Phule Pune University. hdl:10603/257238.
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