Ethnologue states that Birjia is a dialect of Asuri, but also that there is a related language Birjia; it is not clear if these refer to the same thing. However, Anderson (2008:195), based on Prasad (1961:314), suggests that Birjia (Binjhia) may be an Indo-Aryan language, although the Birjia are an ethnic subgroup of the Asuri tribe, along with the Asur proper and the Agariya.
Majhwar is unclassified, but based on location and other clues, it may turn out to be a dialect of Asuri. If so, its 35,000 speakers (reported in 1995, out of an ethnic group of 175,000) would make it the most populous form of Asuri.
Asuri is considered to be an endangered language.[5] One important reason for its distinction as endangered is due to a lack of any written form of the language. It exists only as a spoken language There are a total of 31 phonemes in Asuri, made up of twenty-six "segmental" and five "supra-segmental" phonemes. Of the former, there are twenty-one consonants and five vowels.[5]
The Asur language is listed in UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Using mobile radio, the Asur community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group(PVTG) in Jharkhand, has been spreading the popularity of the language within their geographical limits. News and entertainment programmes are broadcast on speakers at public places.[6]
Geographical distributionedit
Ethnologue lists the following districts and states where Asuri is spoken.
^Asuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Chaudhuri, Sarit Kumar & Chaudhuri, Sucheta Sen (2005). Primitive Tribes in Contemporary India: Concept, Ethnography and Demography, Volume 1, pp.50-59. Mittal Publications. ISBN8183240267[1]
^Prasad, Narmadeshwar (1961). Land and People of Tribal Bihar, p.305. Bihar Tribal Research Institute, Government of Bihar
^Baskaran, S. G. (2015). Consonant Sequence and Syllable Formation in Asuri. Language In India, 15(5), 23-34.
^ abBaskaran, S. Ganesh (4 April 2015). "Phonemes of Asuri" (PDF). Language in India. 15. ISSN 1930-2940.
^Barik, Satyasundar (2020-02-15). "Radio aids revival of dying tribal language". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
January 01, 1970
asur, language, asuri, austroasiatic, language, spoken, asur, people, part, munda, branch, asuri, many, dravidian, loanwords, contact, with, kurukh, asurinative, toindiaethnicityasurnative, speakers7, 2007, language, familyaustroasiatic, mundanorthkherwarianmu. Asuri is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Asur people part of the Munda branch 2 Asuri has many Dravidian loanwords due to contact with Kurukh 3 AsuriNative toIndiaEthnicityAsurNative speakers7 000 2007 1 Language familyAustroasiatic MundaNorthKherwarianMundaricAsuriLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code asr class extiw title iso639 3 asr asr a Glottologasur1254ELPAsuri The majority of Asuri speakers reside in the Gumla district of Chota Nagpur In addition there are smaller groups of Asuri speakers in Chhattisgarh West Bengal Odisha 4 Ethnologue states that Birjia is a dialect of Asuri but also that there is a related language Birjia it is not clear if these refer to the same thing However Anderson 2008 195 based on Prasad 1961 314 suggests that Birjia Binjhia may be an Indo Aryan language although the Birjia are an ethnic subgroup of the Asuri tribe along with the Asur proper and the Agariya Majhwar is unclassified but based on location and other clues it may turn out to be a dialect of Asuri If so its 35 000 speakers reported in 1995 out of an ethnic group of 175 000 would make it the most populous form of Asuri Asuri is considered to be an endangered language 5 One important reason for its distinction as endangered is due to a lack of any written form of the language It exists only as a spoken language There are a total of 31 phonemes in Asuri made up of twenty six segmental and five supra segmental phonemes Of the former there are twenty one consonants and five vowels 5 The Asur language is listed in UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World s Languages in Danger Using mobile radio the Asur community a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group PVTG in Jharkhand has been spreading the popularity of the language within their geographical limits News and entertainment programmes are broadcast on speakers at public places 6 Geographical distribution editEthnologue lists the following districts and states where Asuri is spoken Jharkhand southern Palamau district northern Ranchi district Gumla district and Lohardaga district of the Chota Nagpur Plateau Chhattisgarh Raigarh district and Jashpur district area Odisha Sambalpur district West BengalReferences edit Asuri at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Chaudhuri Sarit Kumar amp Chaudhuri Sucheta Sen 2005 Primitive Tribes in Contemporary India Concept Ethnography and Demography Volume 1 pp 50 59 Mittal Publications ISBN 8183240267 1 Prasad Narmadeshwar 1961 Land and People of Tribal Bihar p 305 Bihar Tribal Research Institute Government of Bihar Baskaran S G 2015 Consonant Sequence and Syllable Formation in Asuri Language In India 15 5 23 34 a b Baskaran S Ganesh 4 April 2015 Phonemes of Asuri PDF Language in India 15 ISSN 1930 2940 Barik Satyasundar 2020 02 15 Radio aids revival of dying tribal language The Hindu ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 2022 03 03 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asur language amp oldid 1145007927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
