Kolarian Explained

Kolarian is a word first used by George Campbell for Munda languages.^[1] He described it as one of the three non-Aryan language families of India, which he made up, along with the Tibeto-Burman and the Dravidian. It is a branch of Austro-asiatic languages spoken in the eastern regions of the subcontinent, and is also known as Munda languages. Its not a single tribal language but a group of tribal family languages. The speakers are called Kolarian tribes.

The following languages belong to the group:

• Asur language (Asuri language)
• Bhumij language
• Birhor language
• Bonda language
• Gutob language (Gadaba language)
• Ho language
• Juang language
• Kharia language
• Koda language (Kora language)
• Kol language (Bangladesh)
  • Korku language Korwa language
• Mundari language
• Santali language
• Sora language (Savara language)

Notes and References

1. Campbell . G. . 1869 . On the Races of India as Traced in Existing Tribes and Castes . The Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1869-1870) . 1 . 2 . 128–140 . 10.2307/3014445 . 1368-0374.