4. Language variation Code
3.1 Distance before lg changes
3.2 Where is lg exactly same?
3.3 Where is lg much different?
3.4 Where is lg a little different?
3.5 Where is lg more different?
1 PIA QNA
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
2 MDY West Bengal Orissa area
villages 2–3 km away
Bengal area QNA
Bengal area 3 GOB
after 3 km, lg changes
villages 15–25 km away
nowhere QNA
QNA 4 DGN after 1.5 km, lg is
little different near Baripada,
Rongamatia, Bansbila
Bengal Bihar side
in Bihar Orissa border areas
Haludpukhur, near Rairangpur
5 HSL Chaibasa, Tata,
Rairangpur, Baripada
Joshipur, Balasore district
QNA Chaibasa mix with
Ho there Tata mix with
Bengali there 6 GMS Rairangpur, Tata
north Potka area
Baripada more Oriya mix
QNA QNA
7 KAN beyond our village,
people speak pure Bengali
nearby villages Tamar area
nearby villages Tamar area
5. Other nearby languages
Code 4.1 When you
speak Mundari, do you have to be
quiet? 4.2 If mistake
while speaking Mundari, do people
laugh? 4.3 If discussion
in Mundari about land boundary,
can you follow? 4.4 If Mundari-
speakers argue with your people, can
you return hard words in Mundari?
4.5 Do you ever make a mistake when
you speak Mundari?
1 PIA QNA
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
2 MDY Mundari Bhumij are not the same.
When Munda people speak in
Munda, we respond in Munda bc we
can understand Munda. But they
don’t understand our lg
no yes, certainly
no no
3 GOB QNA
QNA QNA
QNA QNA
4 DGN keep quiet if not clear, they
laugh yes, follow
yes if we make a mistake,
we speak in Oriya 5 HSL
can understand, but can’t speak
Mundari fluently if not clear, they
laugh they cannot
follow no, automatically
we use our lg yes
6 GMS can’t speak Mundari fluently;
keep quiet QNA
yes yes, understand
yes, we make mistakes
7 KAN can’t speak
Mundari NA
can understand, but cannot speak
no NA
Code 4.6 Which villages
nearby speak a different lg?
4.7 What do you call those people?
4.8 What do you call their lg?
1 PIA QNA
QNA QNA
2 MDY Gumriya, Lakipai Ho, Mahanto
Ho, Mahanto 3 GOB QNA
QNA QNA
4 DGN Kalimeki, Kenthuvakonda
Santal, Ho Santali, Kol
5 HSL Mundari village 2–3 km away
Tamaria Munda, Santal Tamaria bhasha there is a
difference between that lg ours in the words, Santali
6 GMS NR Santal
QNA 7 KAN NR
Santal, Mahanto, Kharia, Lodha QNA
Code PeopleLg
[X] 4.9 Do you
understand [X] people’s lg?
4.10 If you speak Bhumij, do they