Birhor | |
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Native to | India |
Ethnicity | Birhor people |
Native speakers
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difficult to estimate; 1,000 (1991) to 2,000 (2007) |
Austroasiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | birh1242 |
The Birhor language is a highly endangered Munda language spoken by the Birhor people in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states in India.
According to Vidyarthi (1960:519), the Birhor are found mostly in Chota Nagpur and Santhal Paragana, with the Uthlu Birhors living near Bishunpur, Gumla district, Jharkhand (along the western border with Chhattisgarh).