The Munda languages, spoken by about 4 million tribals, are closely related and are referred to by the single name of Kherwari. They are said to have come to this country about two hundred years ago from Ranchi and Chota Nagpur of the Bihar State of India to help reclaim land for Ethnically, Mundas are described as a large Dravidian tribe of Chota Nagpur closely akin to the Hos and Santals and on linguistic grounds classified as Kolarian. The family is generally divided into two branches: North Munda, spoken in the North Munda, of which Santali is the most widely spoken, is the larger group; its languages are spoken by about ninety percent of Munda speakers.
(1999). In Jenny, Mathias and Paul Sidwell, eds (2015). Language counts can vary significantly depending on what is considered a dialect; for example Lyle Campbell counts only 27 Otomanguean languages, although he, Ethnologue and Glottolog also disagree as to which languages belong in the family. Anderson, Gregory D.S.
The Munda are an Adivasi ethnic group of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region speaking the Mundari language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of the Austroasiatic languages.They are found across much of Jharkhand as well as adjacent parts of Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and into parts of Bangladesh.This tribal ethnic group is one of the largest tea tribes in India. Along with pronouns, pronominal infixes and suffixes indicating the subject of an action (agent) and possession, and also the object, are used. "The Maritime Munda Hypothesis." The Munda languages are a language family spoken by about nine million people in central and eastern India and Bangladesh.They constitute a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, which means they are related to languages such as Mon and Khmer languages and Vietnamese, as well as minority languages in Thailand and Laos and the minority Mangic languages of South China. The Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic family are spoken within central and eastern India by almost ten million people.
They are quite hospitable and it is their tradition to entertain guests with jawa or country liquor. They also observe poush-parbon as harvesting ceremony. They have short curly hair. "The Maritime Munda Hypothesis." and ?Santhali? In Jenny, Mathias and Paul Sidwell, eds (2015). However, in 2001, Anderson split Juang and Kharia apart from the Juang-Kharia branch and also excluded Gtaʔ from his former Gutob–Remo–Gtaʔ branch. Mundas and Mahatos in Bangladesh claim to be Hindus. "Austroasiatic classification." Munda languages are spoken by about 12 million people or about 0.8 % of the total population of South Asia. According to one school of thought, it has three subfamilies: the Mon-Khmer languages, the Munda languages, … They predominantly speak the Mundari language as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages. However, their interrelationship is debated.Diffloth (2005) retains Koraput (rejected by Anderson, below) but abandons South Munda and places Kharia–Juang with the northern languages:However, in 2001, Anderson split Juang and Kharia apart from the Juang-Kharia branch and also excluded Gtaʔ from his former Gutob–Remo–Gtaʔ branch. There are other gods to take care of different aspects of human and natural life and they require constant propitiation by way of sacrificing of animals or fowls to keep the diseases off and save crops. They are not, however, caste bound like the Hindus. "Austroasiatic Comparative-Historical Reconstruction: An Overview."
There is a rich system of verbal forms (many voices, including passive, causative, reflexive; as with pronouns, inclusive and exclusive first-person dual and plural forms are distinguished). ICAAL 8, Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 29–31, 2019.
The rich sound system includes retroflex consonants, including the nasalized retroflex [ç̂], and voiceless consonants with weak explosion. The Munda people are an Austroasiatic speaking ethnic group of India.They predominantly speak the Mundari language as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages.The Munda are found in the northern areas of east India concentrated in the states of Jharkhand,Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.The Munda also reside in adjacent areas of Chhattisgarh …
The Munda are found in the northern areas of east India concentrated in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. "Austroasiatic classification." Paper presented at 209th meeting of the American Oriental Society, Baltimore, MD.Sidwell, Paul.