{{Short description|Indo-Aryan 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 |image = OpenSpeaks-Lmn-Lambadi-Meghavath Sathish-Nenavath Mohan-Problems for not Having Aadhaar.webm |imagealt = Two Lambada young men from Telangana discussing in Lambadi in 2019 |image_class = frameless |imagecaption = Two Lambada young men from Telangana discussing in Lambadi, 2019 |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 |fam3=Indo-Aryan |fam4=Western |fam5=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 |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522122118/https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/india/languages/lambadi |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} }} {{Infobox ethnonym |person=Lamban/Lambadi |language=Lambani }}
'''Lambadi''' {{Audio|OpenSpeaks-Lmn-Lambadi-Nenavath Mohan- Lambada 02.wav|pronunciation}}, '''Lambani''', '''Lamani''' or '''Banjari''' is a 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>
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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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