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.[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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Mundari | |
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मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 | |
![]() 'Mundari' in Mundari Bani script | |
Native to | India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
Ethnicity | Munda and Bhumij |
Native speakers | 1.6 million[lower-alpha 1] (2011 census)[1] |
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Mundari Bani Ol Onal (Bhumij) Others: Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin | |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:unr – Mundariunx – Munda |
Glottolog | mund1320 |
ELP | Bhumij |
![]() Munadri (along with variety Bhumij) is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] |
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