Resources

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The right order for learning is this — first a course, then a dictionary, then a script primer.

Online — free

  • A Course in Mundari — Osada, Purti, Choksi & Badenoch

    The only modern English course (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2001). Conversation, grammar and vocabulary — based on the Hasada dialect. Most sentences on this site are from here.

    Read on Scribd →
  • Mundariversity

    Free lessons by Leonard Topno (Khunti) — conversation, food, colours, months, weekdays. Based on Devanagari; read it alongside Osada.

    mundariversity.com →
  • Omniglot — Mundari

    Script chart, counting, and the Mundari text of the Declaration of Human Rights.

    omniglot.com →
  • CIIL Mundari Grammar (N. K. Sinha, 1975)

    The Central Institute of Indian Languages' online grammar — pronouns and verb structure.

    grammars.ciil.org →
  • Wikipedia — Mundari language / Nag Mundari

    The most detailed free introduction to the language and the script; the table of the 27 letters is verified from here.

    Mundari language → · Nag Mundari →

Books and dictionaries

  • Man Masih Mundu — Mundari–English–Hindi Dictionary (2017)

    A modern trilingual dictionary (Ṭuŋkoḍari), Ranchi. Available on the Bharatvani (CIIL) portal.

    Bharatvani Mundari section →
  • Singh & Singh — Mundari Bhasa Sikshya (2017)

    A Mundari–Odia–English–Hindi primer (Academy of Tribal Languages and Culture) — the key book for learning Mundari Bani.

  • Hoffmann — Mundari Grammar (1903) and Encyclopaedia Mundarica (1924–1950)

    The foundation works — the grammar on Naguri, the encyclopaedia on Hasada. On Archive.org / HathiTrust.

  • Primers of the Burubanga Mundari School (Mayurbhanj)

    Sahaja Mundari Sabda Sikshya, Chhabila Mundari Bani Sikshya, Mundari Word Book (Bharat Munda Samaj, Baripada, 2006).

  • S. C. Roy — The Mundas and Their Country (1912)

    Not a language book, but the classic companion for understanding the community and its culture.

A warning: Some online “Mundari dictionaries” are for the different language of South Sudan (ISO mqu). Always check the ISO code unr. And collections like Glosbe mix dialects together — adopt a word from there only after checking it.