Mirgan

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
zrg
Alternate Names
Mirgami, Mirkan, Panika, Panka
Population

60,000 (1998 N. Lima).

Location

Chhattisgarh, Bastar District; Odisha, Koraput, and Nabarangapur districts.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese
Dialects

Batasuna, Jagdal Pur, Kosagumuda, Kotpad, Nabarang Pur, Umerkote. Dialects have good intelligibility. Not functionally intelligible of Halbi [hlb]. Lexical similarity: 83%–95% among dialects.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, religion. Positive attitudes. Low proficiency in Oriya [ory]. Oriya and Deshia [dso] used in Odisha; Hindi [hin], or Halbi [hlb] in Madhya Pradesh.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 10% Oriya [ory].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mirgan
Writing
Oriya script. Telugu script.
Other Comments

Declared a General Caste by the government. Divided into 2 groups, the larger Kabirpanthi and the smaller Sakta. Traditional religion, Hindu, Christian.