Bhunjia

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
bhu
Alternate Names
Bhumjiya, Bhunjiya, Bunjia
User Population

6,790 (2000 USCWM).

Location

Chhattisgarh state: Raipur district; Madhya Pradesh state: Hoshangabad district; Maharashtra state; Odisha state: Balasore (Baleshwar), Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput, and Sambalpur districts, Sunabera Plateau area.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Oriya
Dialects

A more divergent dialect of Halbi [hlb]. Lexical similarity: 68%–72% with Kamar [keq].

Language Use

Also use Chhattisgarhi [hne]. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 24% in Odisha (2001 census).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bhunjia
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Hindu.