Bhumij (भूमिज / ଭୂମିଜ / ভূমিজ )

Bhumij is a Munda language spoken by about 100,000 people mainly in the India states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. Bhumij is considered to be a dialect of Mundari by most people.

Bhumij is usually written with the Devanagari, Odia or Bengali alphabets. It is also written the Ol Onal alphabet, which was invented between 1981-1992 by Ol Guru Mahendra Nath Sardar, a Bhumij linguist from Odisha.

Devanagari alphabet for Bhumij

Odia alphabet for Bhumij

Bengali alphabet for Bhumij

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Sample text (Devanagari alphabet)

जोतो होड़ोको के मान् आर अधिकार रेया पाईटी रे जन्मजुग आते नवारी ओडोअ् बाराबारी नाम आकाना। आजके बुद्धि ओडोअ् अन्तर आत्मा आते नाम आकाना ओडोअ् सोंगेरे आजके दादा भाई रूपते मान्ती दरकार।

Sample text (Odia alphabet)

ଜୋଥୋ ହୋଡ଼ୋକୋ କେ ମାନ ଓର ଅଧିକାର ରେୟା ପାଈଟୀ ରେ ଜନମଜୁଗ ଓଥେ ନୱାରୀ ଓଡୋଅ ବାରାବାରୀ ନାମ ଆକାନା। ଆଜକେ ବୁଦଧି ଓଡୋଅ ଅନଥର ଆଥମା ଆଥେ ନାମ ଆକାନା ଓଡୋଅ ସୋଙଗେରେ ଆଜକେ ଦାଦା ଵାଈ ରୂପଥେ ମାନଥୀ ଦରକାର।

Sample text (Bengali alphabet)

জোতো হোোড়োকো কে মান আর অধিকার রেযা পাঈটী রে জন্ম্জুগ আতে নৱারী ওডোঅ বারাবারী নাম আকানা। আজ্কে বুদ্ধি ওডোঅ অন্তর আত্মা আতে নাম আকানা ওডোঅ সঙগেরে আজ্কে দাদা ভাঈ রূপ্তে মান্তী দর্কার।

Transliteration

Joto hoṛoko ke mān ār ôdhikār reyā pāīṭī re jônmôjug āte nôwārī oḍoô bārābārī nām ākānā. Ājke buddhi oḍoô ôntôr ātmā āte nām ākānā oḍoô soṅgere ājke dādā bhāī rūpte māntī dôrkār.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Details supplied by Biswajit Mandal (biswajitmandal[dot]bm90[at]gmail[dot]com) and Michael Peter Füstumum

Sample video in Bhumij

Links

Information about Bhumij
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumij
https://livingtongues.org/projects/asia/india/munda-languages/bhumij/
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1601

Munda languages

Bhumij, Gadaba, Ho, Kharia, Korku, Mundari, Santali, Sora

Languages written with the Devanagari, Bengali and Odia alphabets

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