Kudmali
A language of India
| Population | 37,000 (1997). |
| Region | Jharkhand, east side; West Bengal, west Purulia, Bankura Malda, Nadia, and Western Midnapur districts; Orissa, Keonjhar, Mayourbhanj, and Sundargargh districts; Assam, Darrang, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat districts. |
| Alternate names | Bedia, Dharua, Khotta, Kurmali, Kurumali, Kurmali Thar |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 58%–89% between varieties, 61%–86% with Panchpargania [tdb], 58%–72% with Khortha, 51%–73% with Sadri [sck], 46% to 53% with Oriya [ori], 41%–55% with Bengali [ben], 44%–58% with Hindi. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bihari |
| Language use | Vigorous. Most young people in Orissa speak Oriya [ori] among themselves rather than Kudmali. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Oriya, Hindi, or Bengali [ben]. |
| Language development | There are Pre-degree, Degree, and MA programs in Kudmali. |
| Comments | Kudmali is spoken by the Kurmi people of Assam brought to the tea gardens from Bihar, Orissa, and West Bengal. Hindu. |
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