Panchpargania

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Bedia, Bediya, Chik Baraik, Chik Barik, Pan, Pan Sawasi, Tair, Tamara, Tamaria, Tanti, Temoral, Tumariya
Autonym
पंचपरगानिया‎ (Panchpargania)
User Population

257,000 (2011 census).

Location

Assam state: upper tea gardens; Jharkhand state: Ranchi and Singhbhum districts; Odisha and West Bengal states.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

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

Sonahatu variety considered most pure. Lexical similarity: 77%–94% between dialects, 61%–86% with Kudmali, 68%–76% with Magahi (Khortha) [mag], 61%–70% with Sadri [sck], 48%–52% with Odia [ory], 45%–58% with Bengali [ben], 50%–60% with Hindi [hin].

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village, market, religion. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Bengali [ben]. Also use Hindi [hin].

Language Development

Literature. NT: 2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Panchpargania
Writing

Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng], no longer in use. Devanagari script [Deva]. Kaithi script [Kthi], no longer in use.

Other Comments

Panchpargania means ‘5 districts’, namely Silli, Bundu, Rahe, Baranda, and Tamar parganas of Ranchi (Singh 1995b). Hindu, Christian, Muslim, traditional religion.