Mundari

Photo: Boys from the cattle herders "Mundari" tribe

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Goran Tomasevic/Reuters SOUTHERN BOY: A boy from the cattle-herding Mundari tribe in a settlement near Terekeka, Sudan, Wednesday.

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Bhili, as this dialect is called, contains a number of non-Aryan words, some of which appear to come from the Mundari, and others from the Dravidian languages; but these are insufficient to form any basis for a deduction as to whether the Bhils belonged to the Kolarian or Dravidian race.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Sir G. G.ierson's account of the two dialects Santali and Mundari shows that they closely resemble each other and differ only in minor particulars.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

[433] Elsewhere the Birhor dialect resembles Mundari.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

Driven out by the Muhammadans, the tribe split into two divisions, one of which followed the course of the Ganges and finally settled in the Rajmahal hills: while the other went up the Son and occupied the north-western portion of the Chota Nagpur plateau, where many of the villages they occupy are still known by Mundari names.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

But in Madras they still retain their original speech, which is classified by Sir G. G.ierson as Mundari or Kolarian.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

In the vocabulary of common words of Mundari and Santali given by Colonel Dalton [491] a large proportion of the words are the same.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

Majhias whom I saw and examined was typically aboriginal and their language was a curious mixture of Mundari, Santal and Korwa, though they stoutly repudiated connection with any of these tribes.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

Most of their terms for parts of the body were derived from Mundari, but they also used some Santali and Korwa words.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894