Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 68%–72% with Bhunjia ,, 66%–69% with Chhattisgarhi ,, 68% with Oriya ,, 61% with Hindi ,, 27% with Telugu ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 40,000 (2003 BI).
Language Use: Chhattisgarhi [hne] used among themselves and Hindi [hin] with others (Singh 1994).
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. No relationship between the Kamar caste of iron workers in Bengal and Chota Nagpur and this ethnic group. May be an Indo-Aryan language. Traditional religion, Hindu.