Kurmali language

Kurmali
Kurmali
Panchpargania
কুড়মালি, কুর্মালী; कुड़मालि, कुरमालि; କୁଡ଼ମାଲି; पंचपरगनिया, পঞ্চপরগনিয়া
	' Kuṛmāli ' written in Chisoi script
Native to	India
Native speakers	555,695 (2011 census); 619,689 (2001 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bihari Sadanic Kurmali; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari, Bengali, Odia, Chisoi
Official status
Official language in	India Jharkhand (additional); West Bengal (additional);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kyw – Kurmali/Kudmali; tdb – Panchpargania
Glottolog	kudm1238 Kudmali; panc1246 Panchpargania
	Distribution of Kurmali language in India

Kurmali or Kudmali (ISO: Kuṛmāli) is an Indo-Aryan language classified as belonging to the Bihari group of languages spoken in eastern India. As a trade dialect, it is also known as Panchpargania (Bengali: পঞ্চপরগনিয়া), for the "five parganas" of the region it covers in Jharkhand. Kurmali language is spoken by around 550,000 people mainly in fringe regions of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, also a sizeable population speak Kurmali in Assam tea valleys. Intellectuals claim that Kurmali may be the nearest form of language used in Charyapada. Kurmali is one of the demanded languages for enlisting in Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.

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