Kamar
A language of India
| Population | 40,000 (2003). |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh, Rewa District; Chhattisgarh, Raipur District; Maharashtra. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Unclassified |
| Language use | Singh (1994) reports they speak Chhattisgarhi [hne] among themselves and Hindi with others. |
| 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. Swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion influenced by Hinduism. |
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