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Mundari

A language of India

ISO 639-3: unr

Population  1,550,000 in India (1997). 1,022,000 Mundari, 528,000 Bhumij. Population total all countries: 1,560,280.
Region  Jharkhand, south and west Ranchi District; Orissa; Madhya Pradesh; West Bengal; Himachal Pradesh; Assam; Tripura; Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Also in Bangladesh, Nepal.
Alternate names   Mandari, Munari, Mondari, Horo, Colh
Dialects  Hasada’, Latar, Naguri, Kera’, Bhumij (Sadar Bhumij, Bhumij Munda, Bhumij Thar). Related to Ho [hoc] and Santali [sat]. 75% intelligibility of Ho. Lexical similarity: 70%–84% with the Bhumij dialect.
Classification  Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari, Mundari
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1910–2002.
Writing system  Bengali script. Devanagari script. Latin script. Oriya script.
Comments  A Scheduled Tribe. There is Bhumij literature. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu.

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Bangladesh

Language name   Mundari
Population  2,500 in Bangladesh (2005 Caritas). Ethnic population: 5,000.
Region  Rajshahi Division, Dinajpur and Naogaon districts; Sylhet Division, various tea estates.
Alternate names  Colh, Horo, Mandari, Mondari, Munari, Munda
Dialects  Hasada’, Latar, Naguri, Kera’.
Language use  Primarily in Rajshahi Division. Among the Mundaris living on Sylhet tea estates, Mundari language use is much lower. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitude.
 

Nepal

Language name   Mundari
Population  7,780 in Nepal (2006). Ethnic population: 660 Munda.
Region  Mechi zone, Jhapa District; Koshi zone, Morang District.
Language map  Eastern Nepal, reference number 68
Alternate names  Horo, Mandari, Mondari, Munari, Munda
Dialects  Hasada, Latar, Naguri, Kera.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KIM, Amy; KIM, Seung, authors. 2010. "The Santali cluster in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey."  Available online