Native to India, Nepal, Pakistan ISO 639-3 wbq | Native speakers 170,000 (2001 census) Glottolog wadd1237 | |
Region Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra Language family Dravidian
South-Central
Telugu
Waddar | ||
Waddar (Vadari, Od) is a dialect of Telugu language spoken among social caste of Waddars scattered ovel South India, especially in Karnataka, where it has a status of Scheduled caste. Number of speakers is 171,725 (2001 census, listed as Vadari under Telugu). Ethnologue treated it as separate Dravidian language closely related to Telugu, but without clear grounds.
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Waddar language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA