Kamar

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
keq
Population

40,000 (2003 BI).

Location

Madhya Pradesh, Rewa district; Chhattisgarh, Raipur district; Maharashtra.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Dravidian, Unclassified
Language Use

Chhattisgarhi [hne] used among themselves and Hindi [hin] with others (Singh 1994).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kamar
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. No relationship between the Kamar caste of iron workers in Bengal and Chota Nagpur and this ethnic group. May be an Indo-Aryan language. Traditional religion, Hindu.