Social:Waddar language

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Short description: Telugu dialect spoken in South Asia

Waddar
Native toIndia , Nepal
RegionAndhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
EthnicityWaddar
Native speakers
200,000 (2011 census)[1]
Dravidian
  • South-Central
    • Telugu-Kui
      • Teluguic
        • Waddar
Telugu, Kannada, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3wbq
Glottologwadd1237[2]

Waddar, or Vadari, 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, 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

  1. "Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". censusindia.gov.in. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf. 
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Waddar". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/wadd1237.