Back Moendari Afrikaans मुंडारी भाषा ANP Мундары Byelorussian মুন্ডারি ভাষা Bengali/Bangla Moundareg Breton Llengües kolàries Catalan Mundariki DIQ Mundari Finnish Mundari French મુંડારી ભાષા Gujarati
| Mundari | |
|---|---|
| मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 | |
 'Mundari' in Mundari Bani script | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Munda |
Native speakers | 1.6 million (2011 census)[a][2] |
Austroasiatic
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| Dialects |
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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 | Either:unr – Mundariunx – Munda |
| Glottolog | mund1320 |
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.[3] It is closely related to Santali and Bhumij.[4] Mundari Bani, a script specifically to write Mundari, was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag.[5][6] It has also been written in the Devanagari, Odia, Bengali, and Latin writing systems.
- ^ "C-16: Population by mother tongue, India - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mundari alphabet, pronunciation and description".
- ^ "Mundari Bani".
- ^ "BMS to intensify agitation on Mundari language". oneindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Adivasi. Volume 52. Number 1&2. June&December 2012". Page 22
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