Muria, Western

A language of India

ISO 639: mut
Alternate Names: Jhoria, Mudia, Muria Gondi
Population: 400,000 (2000 IICCC). All Gondi speakers: 2,910,000 (2011 census).
Location:: Chhattisgarh state: Bastar district, Narayanpur and Uttar Bastar Kanker districts; Maharashtra state: Gadchiroli.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi
Dialects: Sonapal, Banchapai, Dhanora. 80%–96% intelligibility among dialects, 69%–73% of Eastern Muria [emu], 51%–78% of Far Western Muria [fmu]. No intelligibility of Dandami Maria [daq], Northern Gondi [gno], Adilabad Gondi [wsg], Aheri Gondi [esg] or Maria [mrr]. Lexical similarity: 72%–80% with Far Western Muria [fmu]; 74%–77% with Eastern Muria [emu].
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 2% (2003 India Church Growth Mission). Literature.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Muria, Western
Writing: Devanagari script [Deva].
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Hindu, traditional religion.

Location: Chhattisgarh state: Bastar district, Narayanpur and Uttar Bastar Kanker districts; Maharashtra state: Gadchiroli.