Mundari language
| Mundari | |
|---|---|
| मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 | |
'Mundari' in Mundari Bani script | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Munda |
Native speakers | 1.6 million (2011 census) |
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. It is closely related to Santali and Bhumij. 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.