Munda

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Heriki, Killi, hoɽo jagar, muɳɖa jagar

Autonym

মুন্ডা‎ (Muɳɖa)

Population

486,000 (2011 census).

Location

Odisha and Jharkhand states; possibly Bihar and West Bengal.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Mundari [unr].

Language Use

Also use Sadri [sck]. Used as L2 by Birhor [biy], Mahali [mjx].

Language Resources

Writing

Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng]. Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.