Sadri

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Sadri is an Indo-Aryan language widely used as a lingua franca among tribal and non-tribal communities in eastern and central India, particularly in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sadri canonical 6
Sadani 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternativeName Nagpuri Sadri
linked to: Bagheli

Sadani
linked to: Sadan
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri
Hindi
Nagpuri
country India
family Indo-European languages
function home language
intercommunity communication
market language
hasDialectVariation yes
influencedBy Bengali
Hindi
Odia
local Munda languages
influences regional colloquial Hindi varieties
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code sck
languageFamilyBranch Eastern Indo-Aryan (often classified)
region Assam (tea garden areas)
linked to: Assam

Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Odisha
linked to: Orissa

Uttar Pradesh (eastern parts)
West Bengal
central India
linked to: Central India

eastern India
script Bengali script (locally)
Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script

Latin script (informal)
Odia script (locally)
spokenIn rural areas
urban areas
status regional language in eastern and central India
subbranch Indo-Aryan languages
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages
usedAs lingua franca
usedBy Adivasi communities of central India
non-tribal communities
tea garden labour communities in Assam
tribal communities
usedInDomain folk songs
local media (songs, videos)
local theatre and drama
religious gatherings
writingTradition primarily oral with growing written use

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurukh influencedBy Sadri
Kharia contactLanguages Sadri
Khortha hasInfluenceFrom Sadri
Bihari languages hasPart Sadri
Nagpuri hasAlternativeName Sadani
linked to: Sadri