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Lamani Language

Lamani is a tribal language extensively spoken by the scheduled tribes residing in the heartland of Orissa state. Besides, almost all the states of East India and also other states like Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat; Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka etc have got a plentiful of Lamani speakers. Indo Aryan is the name of the language family to which Lamani belongs.

In fact numerous names are being bestowed upon her as alternatives and these are Lamani, Lamadi, Lambani, Labhani, Lambara, Lavani, Lemadi, Lumadale, Labhani Muka, Banjara, Banjari, Bangala, Banjori, Banjuri, Brinjari, Gohar-Herkeri, Goola, Gurmarti, Gormati, Kora, Singali, Sugali, Sukali, Tanda, Vanjari, Wanji. "Gormati" is Lamani Languageself-name given to Lamani. Region wise also, Lamani has a wealth of dialect varieties. Maharashtra Lamani, Karnataka Lamani (Mysore Lamani), Andhra Pradesh Lamani (Telugu Lamani) are the categories. Each of the three dialects needs a different script: Maharashtra uses Devanagari script, Karnataka uses Kannada script, Andhra Pradesh uses Telugu script.

A special survey has been carried out by the IMA in the year which estimated 1,961,000 number of Lamani speakers. Lamani has undergone a development. Its literacy rate as a second language also increased over the years.

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