Juang language

Juang language

Infobox Language
name=Juang
speakers=50,000 (2000) [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=jun Ethnologue report on the Juang language] ]
region=India (Orissa)
familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
fam1=Austro-Asiatic
fam2=Munda
fam3=South Munda
fam4=Kharia-Juang
iso3=jun

The Juang language is a language spoken primarily by the Juang people of eastern India.

Classification

The Juang language belongs to the Munda language family, the whole of which is classified as a branch of the greater Austro-Asiatic language family. Among the Munda languages, Juang is considered to be most closely related to Kharia.

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