-
mostly from West Bengal, Odisha, ****am and Maharashtra) and 244,914
Panch Pargania speakers (mostly from Jharkhand),
making a
total of 556,089
Kurmali speakers...
- speakers.
Kharia counts 137,413 speakers, Magadhi/Magahi 98,186,
Panch Pargania 81,275, Odia 30,130, and
Karmali 27,681. Furthermore,
smaller tribal languages...
- of the main
Ariyan languages current in the locality.
Kurmali and
Panch Pargania are
examples of this type, to
which some
reference has
already been made...
-
compose West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum,
Saraikela Kharsawan,
Ranchi (Panch
pargania region), Dhanbad, Giridih,
Hazaribagh district of
Jharkhand and Purulia...