Mundari

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
unr
Alternate Names
Colh, Horo, Mandari, Mondari, Munari
Population

1,110,000 in India (2001 census). 1,060,000 Mundari, 47,400 Bhumij. Population total all countries: 1,120,280.

Location

Jharkhand, south and west Ranchi district; Odisha; Madhya Pradesh; West Bengal; Himachal Pradesh; Assam; Tripura; Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Also in Bangladesh, Nepal.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari, Mundari
Dialects

Bhumij (Bhumij Munda, Bhumij Thar, Sadar Bhumij), Hasada’, Kera’, Latar, Naguri. Related to Ho [hoc] and Santhali [sat]. 75% intelligibility of Ho. Lexical similarity: 70%–84% with the Bhumij dialect.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Poetry. Magazines. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1910–2002.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mundari
Writing
Bengali script. Devanagari script. Latin script. Oriya script.
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. There is Bhumij literature. Traditional religion, Hindu.

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