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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Birjia<br />
|nativename=''Bijori''<br />
|states=[[India]]<br />
|region=<br />
|ethnicity=[[Asur people|Birjia]]<br />
|speakers=25,000<br />
|date=1998<br />
|ref=e18<br />
|familycolor=Austroasiatic<br />
|fam2=[[Munda languages|Munda]]<br />
|fam3=North<br />
|fam4=Kherwarian<br />
|fam5=Mundaric<br />
|iso3=bix<br />
|glotto=bijo1238<br />
|glottorefname=Bijori<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Birjia''' language, also known as '''Binjhia''' or '''Bijori''', is a language of [[India]]. It is commonly assumed to be a [[Munda language]] closely related to the [[Asuri language]]. However, Anderson,<ref>Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed), ''The Munda languages''. Routledge Language Family Series 3 (2008). New York: Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-32890-X}}, p. 195.</ref> based on Prasad (1961:314), suggests that Birjia (Binjhia) may be an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]], although the Birjia are a tribe of the Asuri nation. The latter include the Asur and the Agariya.<br />
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==Distribution==<br />
Birjia is spoken in (''Ethnologue''):<br />
*[[Jharkhand]]: [[Lohardaga district]] and [[Ranchi district]]<br />
*[[West Bengal]]: [[Darjeeling district]] and [[Jalpaiguri district]]<br />
*[[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
*[[Odisha]]<br />
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