The Kherwarian languages are the non-Korku branch of the North Munda languages, part of the Austroasiatic family, spoken across the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and extending into Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The group divides into the Santalic and Mundaric subdivisions and includes around fourteen languages, among them Santali, Mundari, Ho, Koda and Korwa.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionEastern India (Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh), Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan 2 Compare
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The Kherwarian languages consist of non-Korku North Munda languages that are mainly spoken in Eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and neighboring countries of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
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1. Glottolog: Kherwarian (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 13
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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The Kherwarian languages consist of non-Korku North Munda languages that are mainly spoken in Eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and neighboring countries of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
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Proto-Kherwarian
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