Mundari language
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. It is closely related to Santali. Mundari Bani, a script specifically to write Mundari, was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag. It has also been written in the Devanagari, Odia, Bengali, and Latin writing systems.
| 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 | 1,661,656 (2011 census) 1,061,352 (2001 census) |
Austroasiatic
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| Mundari Bani Others: Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | unr |
| Glottolog | mund1320 |
| ELP | Bhumij |
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