Birjia language

Birjia
Birjia
Bijori
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Birjia
Native speakers	13,000 (2001)
Language family	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]

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.

[e25-1] Birjia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[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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