Bhumij language
| Bhumij | |
|---|---|
| ভূমিজ, ଭୁମିଜ୍, भूमिज, | |
The word "Bhumij" in Ol Onal script | |
| Native to | Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, India |
| Ethnicity | Bhumij people |
Native speakers | 27,506 (2011 census) |
Austroasiatic
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| Ol Onal script
Others: Devanagari script, Odia script, Bengali script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
unr-bhu | |
| Glottolog | bhum1234 Bhumij |
| ELP | Bhumij |
Distribution of Bhumij language in India | |
Bhumij is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Bhumij is an Austroasiatic language belonging to the Munda subfamily, related to Ho, Mundari, and Santali, primarily spoken by Bhumij peoples in the Indian states Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. As per the 2011 census, only 27,506 people out of 911,349 Bhumij people spoke Bhumij as their mother tongue, as most Bhumijas have shifted to one of the regional dominant languages. Thus the language is considered an extremely endangered language.