Mundari language

This article is about a Munda language spoken in India. For a Nilotic language spoken in Africa, see Mandari dialect.

Mundari
मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚
'Mundari' in Mundari Bani script
Native toIndia, Bangladesh, Nepal
EthnicityMunda and Bhumij
Native speakers
1.7 million (2011 census)[a][2]
Austroasiatic
  • Munda
    • North
      • Kherwarian
        • Mundaric
          • Mundari
Dialects
Mundari Bani
Ol Onal (Bhumij)
Others: Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
unr – Mundari
unx – Munda
Glottologmund1320
ELPBhumij
Munadri (along with variety Bhumij) is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3]

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.

  1. ^ "C-16: Population by mother tongue, India - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Mundari alphabet, pronunciation and description".
  5. ^ "Mundari Bani".
  6. ^ "BMS to intensify agitation on Mundari language". oneindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Adivasi. Volume 52. Number 1&2. June&December 2012". Page 22


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