Munda languages

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Munda languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily by indigenous communities in eastern and central India.

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Label Occurrences
Munda languages canonical 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic languages
language family branch
continent Asia
endangermentStatus many member languages are endangered
geneticRelation related to Mon-Khmer languages within Austroasiatic
hasSubgroup North Munda languages
South Munda languages NERFINISHED
historicalPresence pre-Indo-Aryan substrate in parts of eastern India
linguisticArea South Asia NERFINISHED
majorLanguage Asuri language NERFINISHED
Bhumij language NERFINISHED
Birhor language NERFINISHED
Gorum language NERFINISHED
Gtaʔ language NERFINISHED
Ho language NERFINISHED
Juang language NERFINISHED
Kharia language NERFINISHED
Korku language
Mundari language NERFINISHED
Santali language NERFINISHED
Sora language NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Government of India NERFINISHED
region Assam NERFINISHED
Bihar NERFINISHED
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
Jharkhand NERFINISHED
Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED
Maharashtra NERFINISHED
Odisha NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED
spokenBy Munda peoples NERFINISHED
indigenous communities in India
spokenIn India
central India
eastern India NERFINISHED
subclassOf Austroasiatic language family NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
numeral classifiers in some languages
rich verbal morphology
suffixing morphology
verb-final word order
usedFor folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
writingSystem Bengali script NERFINISHED
Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Odia script NERFINISHED
Ol Chiki script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Munda subfamily Munda languages
Ho languageSubfamily Munda languages
North Munda languages partOf Munda languages
Proto-Austroasiatic ancestorOf Munda languages
Santal people subfamily Munda languages
Munda peoples speak Munda languages
Bhumij languageFamily Munda languages
subject surface form: Bhumij language
Asur languageFamily Munda languages
Birhor languageFamily Munda languages
Kurmali language lexicalInfluenceFrom Munda languages