Kurmali dialect
| Kurmali | |
|---|---|
| , কুরমালী | |
| Panchpargania | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Region | Jharkhand and surrounding states |
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Native speakers
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310,000 (1997) Census results conflate some speakers with Bengali and Hindi. |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: – Kurmali – Panchpargania |
| Glottolog |
kudm1238 (Kudmali)panc1246 (Panchpargania)
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Kurmali (Devanagari: कुर्माली or कुरमाली kur(a)mālī), or Kudmali, is one of many dialect variants of Hindi which is spoken in Jharkhand, India. Kurmali is generally linked to the Kudumi Mahato (also known as Kurmi, Mahanta or Mohanta) community of Jharkhand, Odisha & West Bengal. Kudmali is also spoken by the Kudumi people of Assam, and was brought to the tea gardens from Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal. The Jharkhand intellectuals claim that Kurmali may be the nearest form of language used in Charyapada. As a trade dialect, it is known as Panchpargania (Devnagari: पंचपरगनिया), for the "five districts" of the region it covers, or Tamaria.
Names for the language include Bedia (from the Bedia caste), Dharua, Khotta, Pan Sawasi, Tanti, Tair, and Chik Baraik.
Kurumali sub dialect of Mayurbhanja state agrees very closely with the Kurmali Thar of Manbhum.
Panchpargania is the common language for communication for Bundu, Tamar, Silli, Sonahatu, Arki & Angara blocks of Ranchi district of Jharkhand state.
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