Mirgan
A language of India
| Population | 60,000 (1998 INDBT). |
| Region | Chhattisgarh, Bastar District; Orissa, Koraput, Nabarangapur districts. |
| Alternate names | Mirgami, Mirkan, Panika, Panka |
| Dialects | Batasuna, Jagdal Pur, Kosagumuda, Kotpad, Nabarang Pur, Umerkote. Dialects have good intelligibility. Not functionally intelligible with Halbi [hlb]. Lexical similarity: 83%–95% among dialects. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, religion. Positive attitude. Speakers also use Oriya [ori], Deshia [dso], Hindi, or Halbi [hlb] in Madhya Pradesh. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 10% Oriya [ori]. |
| Writing system | Oriya script. Telugu script. |
| Comments | Declared a General Caste by the government. Divided into 2 groups, the larger Kabirpanthi and the smaller, less advanced Sakta. Traditionally weavers, now peasant agriculturalists; pastoralists; city workers. Traditional religion mixed with Hinduism, Christian. |
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