Mundari language

Mundari
Mundari
Native to	India, Bangladesh, Nepal
Ethnicity	Munda
Native speakers	1.6 million (2001 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Munda Kherwari Mundari languages Mundari; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Bhumij;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	unr – inclusive code; Individual code:; unx – "Munda" (Killi; duplicate code)
Glottolog	mund1320

Mundari (Muɳɖa) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by the Munda people, and is closely related to Santali and Ho. Mundari is primarily spoken by Munda tribal people in east India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. "Mundari Bani", a script to write Mundari Language was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag.^[2]

Dialects

Toshiki Osada (2008:99), citing the Encyclopaedia Mundarica (vol. 1, p. 6), lists the following dialects of Mundari, which are spoken mostly in Jharkhand state.

Hasada ([hasa-daʔ]): east of the Ranchi-Chaibasa Road
Naguri ([naguri]): west of the Ranchi-Chaibasa Road
Tamaria ([tamaɽ-ia]) or Latar: Panchpargana area (Bundu, Tamar, Silli, Baranda, and Rahe)
Kera ([keraʔ]): ethnic Oraon who live in the Ranchi city area

Bhumij, listed in many sources as a separate language, may in fact be a variety of the Latar (Tamaria) dialect of Mundari. It is spoken across Jharkhand state and in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha (Anderson 2008:196). There may be around 50,000 Bhumij speakers. ^[3]

Counting

Mundari	Transliteration	Translation
मिसा	Missa	Once
बरसा	Birsa	Twice
अपिसा	Apisa	Thrice
उपनुसा	Upnisa	four times
मोंड़ेसा	Mondesa	Five times
तुरिसा	Turisa	Six times
ए'सा	Eh sa	Seven times
इरलसा	Erklsa	Eight Times
अरे-सा	Are sa	Nine times
गेलसा	Gelsa	Ten times

Relations

Mundari	Transliteration	Translation
ऐंन्गा	Enga	Mother
आपूम	Apum	Father
हग्गा	Hagga	Brother
मिस्सी	Missi	Sister
गुया	Guya	Sister/brother of sister/brother in law
गतिंग	Gatin	Friend

Verb

Mundari	Transliteration	Translation
रिकाएआ-करेगा	Rikā'ē'ā	Does
ओलेआ	Ol'ē'ā	Write
जगरेआ	Jagor'ē'ā	Talk
पढ़वएआ	Padv'ē'ā	Read
लेलेआ	Lel'ē'ā	Look/ See
सेनेआ	Sen'ē'ā	Come along with
नमेआ	Nem'ē'ā	Found
निरेआ	Nir'ē'ā	Run
सबेआ	Sab'ē'ā	Hold
लेका एआ	Leka'ē'ā	Count
मुकाएआ	Muka'ē'ā	Measure
रिका एआ	Rika'ē'ā	Cut

Samples

Mundari	Transliteration	Translation
सिंगी बोंगा मरांग बोंगा ।	Singi bonga marang bonga	Sun is almighty.
अमा नुतुम चिकना ?	Amā lutum kanā	What is your name?
अियन नुतुम रिमिल तना ।	A̔iy lutum Rimil tanā.	My name is Rimil.
अम कोते सेनो तना?	Am kōtēm sēnō tanā	Where are you going?
नेते हुजू में	Nētē hijū mē	Come here.
अम चिल्का मेना ?	Am cilkā mēnāme	How are you?
		Hey kid! Don't waste our time.
?		Do you only want to disturb things?
अम नाक खुजाओ मैं	Ālama nāka khujā'ō maiṁ	Don't penetrate finger into nose.
जागर लाई पैसा लॉगो।	Jāgar natin paisā lagawa	Talking costs money.
अम सिनेमा लाई सेनो तना चि का ?	Ām cinēmā lel sēnō tanā cī .	Will you go to Cinema?
	'	Your face looks like eggplant.
?	'	Why are you making your mouth as that of a moron?
अम चिकम चिका ताना ?	Am kanam cekā tānā?	What are you doing?
एमके चिकना मेना ?	Ēmakē cikanā mēnā?	you have any problem
अम कोते ते हिजु ताना ?	Ām kōtēm senoh tānā?	Where did you go?
अम कोते ते हिजु ताना ?	Koteyam hijuh tan	Where are you coming from?
थड़ीआ	Thaṛī'ā	Utensils.
बहा	Baā	Flower.

References

^ Mundari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
"Munda" (Killi; duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ http://www.oneindia.com/2006/05/15/bms-to-intensify-agitation-on-mundari-language-1147760918.html
^ http://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/Keeping-Munda-in-mind/articleshow/54369782.cms

Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed). 2008. The Munda languages. Routledge Language Family Series 3.New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32890-X.
Osada Toshiki. 2008. "Mundari". In Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed). The Munda languages, 99-164. Routledge Language Family Series 3.New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32890-X.

External links

Mundari Bibliography at Department of Linguistics, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Detailed language map of eastern Nepal, see language #68 in green along eastern border
http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-A6AA-C@view Mundari language in RWAAI Digital Archive

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[e18-1] Mundari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
"Munda" (Killi; duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] ttp://www.oneindia.com/2006/05/15/bms-to-intensify-agitation-on-mundari-language-1147760918.html

[3] ttp://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/Keeping-Munda-in-mind/articleshow/54369782.cms

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