Language
The Mundari Language
One of the central sections of this platform. Mundari (ISO 639-3: unr; Glottolog: mund1320) belongs to the North Munda branch of the Austroasiatic family. Its word order is SOV, it counts in twenties (vigesimal), and it has two words for “we” — one including the listener, one excluding. Every Mundari word on this platform is shown in Mundari Bani script beside its Roman form.
Script — Mundari Bani
The full 27-letter alphabet chart, digits and tone marks. Script created by Rohidas Singh Nag: begun 1949, 35 characters in 1953, simplified to 27 letters in 1980; the 2008 reform is the Unicode version (Unicode 15.0, 2022, U+1E4D0–U+1E4FF).
Open Script →Grammar
Pronouns (including dual forms), verbs, negation with ka, questions and number — every form in Bani and Roman.
Open Grammar →Learn Mundari
Flashcards, everyday sentences and counting — built on twenty.
Start Learning →Dictionary
Search 128 verified words in Bani, Roman or English, by category.
Open Dictionary →Learning Resources
Courses, grammars, dictionaries and books — Hoffmann (1903) onwards.
Open Resources →Regional Varieties
Hasada, Naguri, Tamaria and Kera varieties differ in spelling and words. Record a variant with its region — help us document it correctly.
Contribute a Variant →Verification note: Mundari spellings and translations on this platform come from the sources listed on each page. Odia and Hindi meanings and audio pronunciation will be added only where verified by competent speakers — they are Research in progress, not machine-generated.