Mal Paharia
A language of India
| Population | 61,000 (1994). Possibly 40,000 in West Bengal. Ethnic population: 110,983 (2000). |
| Region | Jharkhand, south Santal Pargana District, Ramgarh Hills. Dumka District, Pakaur; south Godda, and Deoghar districts; some in Sahibganj District, Borio, Depart village. Reported in West Benga, Bankura, Barddhaman, and Murshidabad districts. Possibly in Bangladesh. |
| Alternate names | Dehri, Mad, Mader, Mal, Mal Pahariya, Maler, Malpaharia, Malti, Malto, Maltu, Manlati, Mar, Marpaharia, Maw, Mawdo, Mawer, Mawer Nondi, Paharia, Parsi |
| Dialects | Not inherently intelligible with Kumarbhag Paharia [kmj], Sauria Paharia [mjt], Bengali [ben], or Hindi. Part of the Malto ethnic group. Speak a variety similar to Kharia Thar [ksy] of Manbhum (Jharkhand). Lexical similarity: 85% between dialects, but 59% with Mal Paharia Barmasiya and 55% with Khorta Babudoha. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains. Positive attitude. Some also use Bengali [ben] or Khorta [ghh]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 13% male, 3% female, average 8% (1981). Bible portions: 1994. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Firewood gatherers; agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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