PCH ISO 639-3
Pardhan
A language of India
- ISO 639
- pch
- Alternate Names
- Pradhan, Pradhani
- Population
- 135,000 (2007). All Gondi speakers: 2,910,000 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 347,000.
- Location:
- Andhra Pradesh state; Chhattisgarh state: Bilaspur, Raipur, and Surguja districts; Madhya Pradesh state: Balaghat, Betul, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Mandla, and Seoni districts; Maharashtra state: Bhandara, Garhchiroli, Nagpur, Wardha, and Yavatmal districts; Telangana state: possibly in Adilbad district.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi
- Language Use
- Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], in Madhya Pradesh. Also use Marathi [mar], in Maharashtra.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Pardhan
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- L1 is Gondi [gon] (Singh 1994b). Hindu.
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Location: Andhra Pradesh state; Chhattisgarh state: Bilaspur, Raipur, and Surguja districts; Madhya Pradesh state: Balaghat, Betul, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Mandla, and Seoni districts; Maharashtra state: Bhandara, Garhchiroli, Nagpur, Wardha, and Yavatmal districts; Telangana state: possibly in Adilbad district.
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