Bhunjia
A language of India
| Population | 6,790 (2000 USCWM). |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad District; Chhattisgarh, Raipur District; Orissa, Kalahandi, Koraput, Dhenkanal, Balasore (Baleshwar), Keonjhar Sambalpur districts, Sunabera Plateau area; Maharashtra. |
| Alternate names | Bhumjiya, Bhunjiya, Bunjia |
| Dialects | A more divergent dialect of Halbi [hlb]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Oriya |
| Language use | Some also use Chhattisgarhi [hne] or Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 24% in Orissa. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists. Hindu. |
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