Birhor language

Birhor
बिरहोर
Native toIndia
Ethnicity17,044 Birhor people
Native speakers
2,000 (2007)[1]
Austroasiatic
  • Munda
    • North
      • Kherwarian
        • Mundaric
          • Birhor
Language codes
ISO 639-3biy
Glottologbirh1242
ELPBirhor
Birhor is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

The Birhor language is a highly endangered Munda language spoken by the Birhor people in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states in India.[1]

The Birhor are found mostly in Chota Nagpur and Santhal Paragana, with the Uthlu Birhors living near Bishunpur, Gumla district, Jharkhand (along the western border with Chhattisgarh).[3]

  1. ^ a b Birhor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ Vidyarthi, L. P. (1960), "The Birhor (The Little Nomadic Tribe of India)", in Wallace, Anthony F. C (ed.), Men and Cultures, University of Pennsylvania Press, doi:10.9783/9781512819526-085, ISBN 9781512819526