Muria, Western
A language of India
| Population | 400,000 (2000). |
| Region | Chhattisgarh, north and west Bastar District. |
| Alternate names | Jhoria, Mudia, Muria Gondi |
| Dialects | Sonapal, Banchapai, Dhanora. 80%–96% intelligibility among dialects, 69% to 73% with Eastern Muria [emu], 51%–78% with Far Western Muria [fmu]. Not inherently intelligible with Dandami Maria [daq], Northern Gondi [gno], Southern Gondi [ggo], or Maria [mrr]. Lexical similarity: 72%–80% with Far Western Muria; 74%–77% with Eastern Muria. |
| Classification | Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi |
| Language use | All domains. All ages. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Speakers called ‘Muria’. A Scheduled Tribe. Swidden agriculturalists; hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion, Hindu. |
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