Birhor

Birhor is an Austroasiatic language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Birhor · 23.6°N 85.6°E

The Birhor language is a highly endangered Munda language spoken by the Birhor people in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states in India.

The Birhor are found mostly in Chota Nagpur Plateau and Santhal Paragana, with the Uthlu Birhors living near Bishunpur, Gumla district, Jharkhand (along the western border with Chhattisgarh).

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Words in Birhor

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	hor*
name	nutum*
eye	met*
ear	lutur*
nose	muhu*
tooth	data*
tongue	alaN*
blood	yaN*
water	दाः	daʔ
tree	daru*
one	miyat*
two	bar*
I	i5*
you	am*
we	alaN*
drink	nu*
see	nel*
die	goT*
come	heT*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Panchpargania Mundari Sadri Kurukh Ho Magahi Kodaku Bijori Korwa Kharia

Elsewhere

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