मुण्डारी

Mundari

Austroasiatic (Munda)

FamilyAustroasiatic (Munda) Speakers~1.6M ScriptDevanagari / Latin / Ol Chiki CountriesIndia (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal) Official inNo (recognized scheduled) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3unr

Mundari is the second-largest Munda language after Santali (sat), native to the Chota Nagpur Plateau of Jharkhand and adjacent Odisha. It is the eponymous language of the Munda people, after whom the Munda branch of Austroasiatic is named. Mundari is agglutinative with rich verb morphology, has been written in the Devanagari, Latin, and the recent Mundari Bani script, and remains central to indigenous identity movements in eastern India.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Mundari

Water

daa

/daː/

Fire

sengel

/seŋɡel/

Sun

singi

/siŋɡi/

Moon

chando

/tʃando/

Mother

ayo

/ajo/

Father

apu

/apu/

Eat

jom

/dʒom/

Drink

nu

/nu/

Love

dularaa

/dularaː/

Heart

jiu

/dʒiu/

Tree

daru

/daru/

House

oraa

/oraː/

Dog

seta

/seta/

Cat

pusi

/pusi/

Hand

ti

/ti/

Eye

med

/med/

Hello

johar

/dʒohar/

Thank you

dhonyobad

/dʱoɲobad/

One

mid

/mid/

Good

bes

/bes/

Words compared

Compared with related Austroasiatic (Munda) languages

Meaning MundariHoSantaliBodoTokelauanTuvaluanSamoan
Water daa /daː/ daa /daː/ ᱫᱟᱜ /daːk/ दै /dai/ vai /vai/ vai /vai/ vai /vai/
Fire sengel /seŋɡel/ sengel /seŋɡel/ ᱥᱮᱝᱜᱮᱞ /seŋɡel/ वाथार /watʰaɾ/ afi /afi/ afi /afi/ afi /afi/
Sun singi /siŋɡi/ singi /siŋɡi/ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱤ /siŋɡi/ सान /san/ la /la/ laa /laː/ /laː/
Moon chando /tʃando/ chando /tʃando/ ᱪᱟᱸᱫᱳ /tʃãndo/ ओखाफोर /okʰapʰoɾ/ malama /malama/ masina /masina/ māsina /maːsina/
Mother ayo /ajo/ ayu /aju/ ᱟᱭᱳ /ajo/ आय /aj/ matua /matua/ maatua /maːtua/ tinā /tinaː/
Father apu /apu/ apu /apu/ ᱟᱯᱟᱹ /apə/ आफा /apʰa/ tamana /tamana/ tamana /tamana/ tamā /tamaː/
Eat jom /dʒom/ jom /dʒom/ ᱡᱳᱢ /d͡ʒom/ जा /dʒa/ kai /kai/ kai /kai/ ʻai /ʔai/
Drink nu /nu/ nu /nu/ ᱧᱩ /ɲu/ लोङ /loŋ/ inu /inu/ inu /inu/ inu /inu/
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