Majhwar is a poorly-attested
Munda language, apparently related to or a dialect of
Asuri, spoken in northern
Chhattisgarh and
Sonbhadra district
Sonbhadra or ''Sonebhadra'' is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. It is the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattishgarh to the south, Jharkhand in t ...
of
Uttar Pradesh
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by the Majhwar tribe.
Today all Majhwars record their mother tongue as Indo-Aryan languages like
Chhattisgarhi,
Surgujia and
Sadri.
ST-15 Scheduled Tribe By Mother Tongue (For Each Tribe Separately) - 2011
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References
Languages of India
Munda languages
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