Kurmali language
Indo-Aryan language spoken in eastern India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the Kumhali language, a language of Kumal people (Nepal) and Karmali language, a dialect of Santali language.
Kurmali or Kudmali (ISO: Kuṛmāli) is an Indo-Aryan language classified as belonging to the Bihari group of languages spoken in eastern India.[5][6][7] As a trade dialect, it is also known as Panchpargania (Bengali: পঞ্চপরগনিয়া), for the "five parganas" of the region it covers in Jharkhand. Kurmali language is spoken by around 550,000 people mainly in fringe regions of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, also a sizeable population speak Kurmali in Assam tea valleys.[5] Kurmali is one of the demanded languages for enlisting in Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.[8]
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Kurmali | |
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Panchpargania | |
কুড়মালি, কুর্মালী कुड़मालि, कुरमालि କୁଡ଼ମାଲି पंचपरगनिया, পঞ্চপরগনিয়া | |
Native to | India |
Native speakers | 555,695 (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1] 619,689 (2001 census)[3] |
Devanagari, Bengali, Odia, Chisoi[4] | |
Official status | |
Official language in | India
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:kyw – Kurmali/Kudmalitdb – Panchpargania |
Glottolog | kudm1238 Kudmalipanc1246 Panchpargania |
Distribution of Kurmali language in India |
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