Sadri, Oraon

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A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639-3
sdr
Alternate Names
Pahan
User Population

166,000 (2000).

Location

Khulna division: Jhenaidah, Kushtia, and Magura districts; Rajshahi division: widespread; Rangpur division: Hilli area; Sylhet division: possibly Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bihari
Dialects

Borail Sadri, Nurpur Sadri, Uchai Sadri, Mokkan Tila Sadri. Dialects may need separate literature. Inherent intelligibility of 7 Sadri varieties on Borail ranges from 70%–93%; of 8 varieties on Nurpur from 78%–94%. Lexical similarity: 88%–97% with 14 Sadri varieties with the Borail Sadri dialect.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Most also use Bengali [ben], quite fluently. Some also use Rangpuri [rkt], in Rangpur division.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Literature. NT: 2003. Agency: Bangladesh Oraon Foundation.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sadri, Oraon
Writing

Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng]. Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

The Oraon people came from India over 100 years ago. Sometime in the past some Oraon exchanged Kurux [kru], a Dravidian language, for Sadri, which is Indo-Aryan. Some Oraon people still speak Kurux. Traditional religion, Hindu.