Majhwar is a poorly-attested Munda language, apparently related to or a dialect of Asuri,[2] spoken in northern Chhattisgarh and Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh by the Majhwar tribe.
| Majhwar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim |
| Ethnicity | Majhwar |
Native speakers | (34,300 cited 1995)[1] |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mmj |
| Glottolog | majh1236 |
Today all Majhwars record their mother tongue as Indo-Aryan languages like Chhattisgarhi, Surgujia and Sadri.[3]
References
edit- ^ Majhwar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Majhwar". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ ST-15 Scheduled Tribe By Mother Tongue (For Each Tribe Separately) - 2011