Bhunjia

BHU

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bhumjiya, Bhunjiya, Bunjia

Dialects: A more divergent dialect of Halbi ,. Lexical similarity: 68%–72% with Kamar ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Eastern zone
Oriya

Demographics: 6,790 (2000 USCWM).

Language Use: Also use Chhattisgarhi [hne], Hindi [hin].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 24% in Odisha (2001 census).

Writing System: Devanagari

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Hindu.