Andh language

Andh
Native to	India
Region	Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity	420,000 (2007)^[1]
Native speakers	100,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan (unclassified) Andh
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`anr`
Glottolog	`andh1242`^[2]

The Andh language, also known as Andhi, is spoken by 100,000 Andhs in India.

The language is unclassified. Although these numbers sound substantial, it appears Andh may be losing ground with many Andhs speaking Marathi at home.

References

1 2 Andh at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Andh". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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