Mundari language
| Mundari | |
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| Native to | India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Munda |
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Native speakers
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1.6 million (2001 census) |
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Austroasiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Individual code: unx – "Munda" (Killi; duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | mund1320 |
Mundari (Muɳɖa) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by the Munda people, and is closely related to Santali and Ho. Mundari is primarily spoken by Munda tribal people in east India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. "Mundari Bani", a script to write Mundari Language was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag.
Toshiki Osada (2008:99), citing the Encyclopaedia Mundarica (vol. 1, p. 6), lists the following dialects of Mundari, which are spoken mostly in Jharkhand state.
Bhumij, listed in many sources as a separate language, may in fact be a variety of the Latar (Tamaria) dialect of Mundari. It is spoken across Jharkhand state and in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha (Anderson 2008:196). There may be around 50,000 Bhumij speakers.
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