ELP ID
29745
ELP Language
Bhumij
Speaker Number
100000
Public Comment
"Bhumij speakers still number perhaps over 100,000 but they are rapidly adopting Hinduism and abandoning their ancestral Kherwarian North Munda tongue in favor of a local Indo-Aryan variety." The Bhumij are sometimes incorrectly united with the Mundari and the Munda, despite being ethnically and linguistically distinct.
Source
Munda Languages Project
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
over 100,000
Speaker Number Range
100000