Panchpargania

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
tdb
Alternate Names
Bedia, Chik Barik, Pan, Pan Sawasi, Tair, Tamara, Tamaria, Tanti, Temoral, Tumariya
Population

194,000 (2001 census).

Location

Jharkhand, Ranchi and Singhbhum districts; Odisha; West Bengal; upper Assam tea gardens.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bihari
Dialects

Sonahatu variety considered most pure. Lexical similarity: 77%–94% between dialects, 61%–86% with Kudmali, 68%–76% with Khortha, 61%–70% with Sadri [sck], 48%–52% with Oriya [ory], 45%–58% with Bengali [ben], 50%–60% with Hindi [hin].

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi [hin] or Bengali [ben].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Panchpargania
Writing
Bengali script, no longer in use. Devanagari script. Kaithi script, no longer in use.
Other Comments

Panchpargania means 5 districts, namely Silli, Bundu, Rahe, Baranda, and Tamar parganas of Ranchi (Singh 1995). Hindu, traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.