Lambadi

{{Short description|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

|states=India

|ethnicity=Banjara

|speakers= 4,857,819

|date=2011 census

|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}}

|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{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/india/languages/lambadi |title=Lambadi in India |work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=22 May 2024}}}}

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym

|person=Lamban/Lambadi

|language=Lambani

}}

Lambadi, 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.{{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}}

Regional dialects are divided between the Banjara of Maharashtra (written in Devanagari), Karnataka (written in the Kannada script), Tamil Nadu (written in the Tamil script), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (written in the Telugu script). Speakers are bilingual in either Telugu, Kannada, or Marathi.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}