Kolarian

Kolarian is a word first used by George Campbell for Munda languages. ^[1] He described it as one of the three non-Aryan language families of India, which he made up, along with the Tibeto-Burman and the Dravidian. It is a branch of Austro-asiatic languages spoken in the eastern regions of the Indians subcontinent, and is also known as Munda languages. ^[2] Its not a single tribal language but a group of tribal family languages. The speakers are called Kolarian tribes.

The following languages belong to the group:

• Asur language (Asuri language)
• Bhumij language
• Birhor language
• Bonda language
• Gutob language (Gadaba language)
• Ho language
• Juang language
• Kharia language
• Koda language (Kora language)
• Kol language (Bangladesh)
• Korku language
• Korwa language
• Mundari language
• Santali language
• Sora language (Savara language)

References

1. Campbell, G. (1869). "On the Races of India as Traced in Existing Tribes and Castes". The Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1869-1870). 1 (2): 128–140. doi:10.2307/3014445. ISSN   1368-0374.
2. Cust, Robert N., "KOLARIAN FAMILY", A Sketch of the Modern Languages of the East Indies, doi:10.4324/9781315012070-9/kolarian-family-robert-cust , retrieved 2022-06-28