Mundari language

Mundari
Mundari
मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚
	'Mundari' in Mundari Bani script
Native to	India, Bangladesh, Nepal
Ethnicity	Munda and Bhumij
Native speakers	1,661,656 (2011 census); 1,061,352 (2001 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Kherwarian Mundaric Mundari; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Hasada; Naguri; Tamaria; Kera; Bhumij;
Writing system	Mundari Bani ; Others: Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin
Official status
Official language in	India Jharkhand (additional);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	unr
Glottolog	mund1320
ELP	Bhumij

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.^[3] It is closely related to Santali.^[4] Mundari Bani, a script specifically to write Mundari, was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag.^[5]^[6] It has also been written in the Devanagari, Odia, Bengali, and Latin writing systems.

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^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues –2001". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Mundari alphabet, pronunciation and description".
^ "Mundari Bani".
^ "BMS to intensify agitation on Mundari language". oneindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Adivasi. Volume 52. Number 1&2. June&December 2012". Page 22

[2] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[3] "Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues –2001". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[5] "Mundari alphabet, pronunciation and description".

[6] "Mundari Bani".

[7] "BMS to intensify agitation on Mundari language". oneindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[8] "Adivasi. Volume 52. Number 1&2. June&December 2012". Page 22

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