Birjia language

Birjia
Birjia
Bijori
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Birjia
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Munda Kherwarian Kherwari 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 (Ethnologue):

Jharkhand: Cowerdaga district and Ranchi district
West Bengal: Darjeeling district and Jalpaiguri district
Madhya Pradesh
Odisha

References

^ Birjia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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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[e18-1] Birjia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[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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