Birjia language
Language spoken in India
| Birjia | |
|---|---|
| Bijori | |
| Native to | India |
| Ethnicity | Birjia |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2001)[1] |
Language family | Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bix |
| Glottolog | bijo1238 |
The Birjia language, also known as Binjhia or Bijori, is a language of India. It is commonly assumed to be a Munda language closely related to the Asuri language. However, Anderson,[2] based on Prasad (1961:314), suggests that Birjia (Binjhia) may be an Indo-Aryan language, although the Birjia are a tribe of the Asuri nation. The latter include the Asur and the Agariya.
Distribution
Birjia is spoken in:[1]
- Jharkhand: Lohardaga district and Ranchi district
- West Bengal: Darjeeling district and Jalpaiguri district
- Madhya Pradesh
- Odisha
References
- ^ a b Birjia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed), The Munda languages. Routledge Language Family Series 3 (2008). New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32890-X, p. 195.
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