• At risk

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• over 100,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  "Bhumij speakers still number perhaps over 100,000 but they are rapidly adopting Hinduism and abandoning their ancestral Kherwarian North Munda tongue in favor of a local Indo-Aryan variety." The Bhumij are sometimes incorrectly united with the Mundari and the Munda, despite being ethnically and linguistically distinct.

• At risk

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 150,000

  Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Widespread bilingualism

PLACES

India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Scattered communities in Bihar, Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh