6 GMS M, 45, 6th
Bhumij yes, like to read
if it is in Hindi script, we can read
no 7 KAN M, 31,
B.Com our lg in
school, pure Bengali
like it, definitely no no
Code Biodata 5.3d Interest
in literacy programme
in Bhumij?
5.4 Allow your children
to marry person who
spoke another lg?
5.5 If a LWC person came into
a group of Bhumij talking among
themselves, will you switch lg?
5.6 Do young
people feel good about
your lg? 5.7a Is Bhumij
as good as LWC?
1 PIA M, 36,
7th QNA
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
2 MDY M, 45, 8th
yes, but we don’t have a
script no, only
Bhumij we will continue in
Bhumij yes
Bhumij is good 3 GOB M, 45,
3rd yes
won’t allow QNA
QNA QNA
4 DGN M, 62, 3rd
some people interested
no if he speaks in
Oriya, the group will speak in Oriya
yes good
5 HSL M, 45, matric
yes, interested;
interested in history,
poetry, drama no
we will speak Bhumij and will
not immediately switch to Oriya
feel good Bhumij is good
6 GMS M, 45, 6th
interested no
no, will not switch young people like
Bhumij is good 7 KAN M, 31,
B.Com yes, it is good no
no, will not switch feel good about It
MT is good
Code Biodata 5.7b Is
Bhumij better than LWC?
5.8 Feelings about unified script for
all Munda people? 5.9a Are Bhumij and
Mundari same language?
5.9b If different, how are they
different? 1 PIA
M, 36, 7th
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
2 MDY M, 45, 8th
yes, it is better than Hindi for
ourselves we want our own
script different lgs
very different 3 GOB M, 45,
3rd QNA
QNA QNA
QNA 4 DGN M, 62,
3rd better than
Oriya not good, bc we
will not understand all people
same ——
5 HSL M, 45, matric
better than Hindi Oriya
it is very good no, little different
words are different
6 GMS M, 45, 6th
yes it will be good
same, but… …pronunciation is
very different 7 KAN M, 31,
B.Com QNA
it will be good different lgs
style words
7. Bilingualism Code
Biodata 6.1 Are there people who
only speak LWC, not
Bhumij?
6.2a Is there anyone who
doesn’t speak any LWC?
6.2b What kind of
people? 6.2c How
many? 6.3 Do others
sometimes not understand your
LWC?
1 PIA M, 36,
7th QNA
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
2 MDY M, 45, 8th
no yes, they can
understand but cannot speak
uneducated women
2000 understand
3 GOB M, 45, 3rd
those who stay outside the
village e.g. students
yes, they can understand
Oriya but cannot speak
fluently older
a few they understand
4 DGN M, 62, 3rd
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
QNA 5 HSL M, 45,
matric no one
no ——
—— can understand
6 GMS M, 45, 6th
no one yes
old ladies 35
can understand 7 KAN M, 31,
B.Com no
yes old people
some sometimes not
understand
Code Biodata 6.4 Can you
understand everything of
LWC speech?
6.5a Do you listen to
radio in LWC?
6.5b How much do you
understand? 6.6 Which
language feels most
comfortable to you?
6.7 When was first school in
