Mundari language
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This article is about a Munda language spoken in India. For a Nilotic language spoken in Africa, see Mandari dialect.
Mundari (Munɖari) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by the Munda tribes in eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and northern Rangpur Division of Bangladesh.[4] It is closely related to Santali.[5] Mundari Bani, a script specifically to write Mundari, was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag.[6][7] It has also been written in the Devanagari, Odia, Bengali, and Latin writing systems.
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Mundari | |
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मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 | |
Native to | India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
Ethnicity | Munda and Bhumij |
Native speakers | 1,661,656[lower-alpha 1] (2011 census)[1] 1,061,352 (2001 census)[2] |
Austroasiatic
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Mundari Bani Others: Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin | |
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Official language in | India
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ISO 639-3 | unr |
Glottolog | mund1320 |
ELP | Bhumij |
Munadri (along with variety Bhumij) is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3] |
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