Birjia language

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Birjia
Bijori
Native to India
Ethnicity Birjia
Native speakers
(13,000 cited 2001) [1]
Austroasiatic
  • Munda
    • North
      • Kherwarian
        • Mundaric
          • Birjia
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]

References

  1. 1 2 Birjia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ 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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