Kamar

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
keq
User Population

40,000 (2003 BI).

Location

Chhattisgarh state: Raipur district; Madhya Pradesh state: Rewa district; Maharashtra state.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Eastern, East Central
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 68%–72% with Bhunjia [bhu], 66%–69% with Chhattisgarhi [hne], 68% with Oriya [ory], 61% with Hindi [hin], 27% with Telugu [tel].

Language Use

Chhattisgarhi [hne] used among themselves and Hindi [hin] with others (Singh 1994b). Also use English [eng].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kamar
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. No relationship between the Kamar caste of iron workers in Bengal and Chota Nagpur and this ethnic group. Traditional religion, Hindu.