Majhwar language

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Majhwar
Native toIndia
RegionChhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim
EthnicityMajhwar
Native speakers
(34,300 cited 1995)
Austroasiatic
  • Munda
    • North
      • Kherwarian
        • Mundaric
          • Majhwar
Language codes
ISO 639-3mmj
Glottologmajh1236

Majhwar is a poorly-attested Munda language, apparently related to or a dialect of Asuri, spoken in northern Chhattisgarh and Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh by the Majhwar tribe.

Today all Majhwars record their mother tongue as Indo-Aryan languages like Chhattisgarhi, Surgujia and Sadri.

References

  1. ^ Majhwar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Majhwar". Glottolog 4.3.
  3. ^ ST-15 Scheduled Tribe By Mother Tongue (For Each Tribe Separately) - 2011