Birhor language

Birhor
Birhor
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Birhor people
Native speakers	2,000 (2007)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Kherwarian Mundaric Birhor; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	biy
Glottolog	birh1242

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The Birhor language is a highly endangered Munda language spoken by the Birhor people in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states in India.^[1]

The Birhor are found mostly in Chota Nagpur and Santhal Paragana, with the Uthlu Birhors living near Bishunpur, Gumla district, Jharkhand (along the western border with Chhattisgarh).^[2]

Status[edit]

Most Birhor know Santali and Hindi, and a small minority know Ho. However, children still learn the language, and Birhor families use the language all the time at home. In addition, most Birhor want to be educated in their own language, and the language is used in most community affairs.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Birhor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Vidyarthi, L. P. (31 January 1960), "The Birhor (The Little Nomadic Tribe of India)", in Wallace, Anthony F. C (ed.), Men and Cultures, University of Pennsylvania Press, doi:10.9783/9781512819526-085, ISBN 9781512819526
↑ Sarkar, Sangita. "Birhor: A Sociolinguistic Study of Language Endangerment" (PDF).

Roy, Sarat Chandra. 1925. The Birhors: a little-known jungle tribe of Chota Nagpur. Ranchi: K.E.M. Mission Press.

External links[edit]

http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-A6AE-4@view Birhor in RWAAI Digital Archive

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[e18-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Birhor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Vidyarthi, L. P. (31 January 1960), "The Birhor (The Little Nomadic Tribe of India)", in Wallace, Anthony F. C (ed.), Men and Cultures, University of Pennsylvania Press, doi:10.9783/9781512819526-085, ISBN 9781512819526

[3] Sarkar, Sangita. "Birhor: A Sociolinguistic Study of Language Endangerment" (PDF).

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