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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Birhor
|states=[[India]]
|ethnicity=[[Birhor people]]
|speakers=2,000 
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|fam2=[[Munda languages|Munda]]
|fam3=North
|fam4=Kherwarian
|fam5=Mundaric
|iso3=biy
|glotto=birh1242
|glottorefname=Birhor
}}

The '''Birhor language''' is a highly endangered [[Munda language]] spoken by the [[Birhor people|Birhor]] people in [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Odisha]], [[West Bengal]], and [[Maharashtra]] states in [[India]].<ref name=e18/>

The Birhor are found mostly in [[Chota Nagpur plateau|Chota Nagpur]] and [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Paragana]], with the Uthlu Birhors living near [[Bishunpur block|Bishunpur]], [[Gumla district]], [[Jharkhand]] (along the western border with [[Chhattisgarh]]).<ref>{{Citation|last=Vidyarthi|first=L. P.|editor1-first=Anthony F. C|editor1-last=Wallace|chapter=The Birhor (The Little Nomadic Tribe of India)|date=1960-01-31|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=9781512819526|doi=10.9783/9781512819526-085|title=Men and Cultures}}</ref>

== Status ==
Most Birhor know [[Santali language|Santali]] and [[Hindi]], and a small minority know [[Ho language|Ho]]. However, children still learn the language, and Birhor families use the language all the time at home. In addition, most Birhor want to be educated in their own language, and the language is used in most community affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/download/36763764/Birhor-_A_SOCIOLINGUISTIC_STUDY_OF_LANGUAGE_ENDANGEREDMENT_PAPER.pdf|title=Birhor: A Sociolinguistic Study of Language Endangerment|last=Sarkar|first=Sangita}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
*Roy, Sarat Chandra. 1925. ''The Birhors: a little-known jungle tribe of Chota Nagpur''. Ranchi: K.E.M. Mission Press.

== External links ==
* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
* [[hdl:10050/00-0000-0000-0003-A6AE-4@view|http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-A6AE-4@view]] Birhor in RWAAI Digital Archive
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[[Category:Munda languages]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]
[[Category:Endangered Austroasiatic languages]]


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