Pardhan language

{{Short description|Gondi language of India}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Pardhan

| nativename =

| states = India

| speakers = {{sigfig|135,000|2}}

| date = 2007

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Dravidian

| fam2 = South-Central

| fam3 = Gondi–Kui

| fam4 = Gondi languages

| script = Devanagari

| nation =

| agency =

| iso3 = pch

| glotto = pard1245

| glottorefname = Pardhan

| altname = Pradhan

| ethnicity = Pardhan

| region = Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana

}}

Pardhan (or Pradhan) is a dialect of Gondi spoken by the Pardhan people, a community who are the traditional bards of the Gonds. Its speakers are found in areas where the Gonds live: southeastern Madhya Pradesh, far-eastern Maharashtra and northern Telangana. Approximately 140,000 people speak this dialect.{{Cite CiteSeerX |last1=Valte|first1=Thangmualian|last2=Mathai|first2=Eldose K.|last3=George|first3=Symon|date=2008|title=A Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Pardhan Community of Central India |citeseerx=10.1.1.559.17}} Glottolog lists it as 'unattested'.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Pardhan |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/pard1245 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=glottolog.org}}