Mahali in India

Speakers

26,399

Type

Location

Mahali in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Mahali in India

Size

26,399

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Northern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
No
Comments
Dasarath Murmu, (2022), Traditional Riddles of Mahali Adivasi Community, published by Mahali Adivasi Welfare Society. 978-81-954172-0-9

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Videos related to culture, dance folk songs and other videos are available in Mahali language.
Life style of Mahali Tribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l7zUHpiiJs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXowPKtObZs&t=0s

History of Mahali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EIQ-vuHpBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l_NB574EH4

Bamboo Basketry of Mahali Tribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcgJKKSYXj4

Folk Song and Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6S7gxM4N1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imCJpzzXz3w

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/mjx

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
No
Comments
Prokash Kumar Palit, Bijay Bitan Saha, (2022), An Ethnographic Account of Mahali Community of Jhargram: A Case Study. Palerchak chhayapath welfare society, 978-81-951125-2-4.

Kalachand Mahali, (2021), Mahali Culture And Worldview. Mahali Adivasi Welfare Society. 978-81-954172-2-3

Saha, Atanu. (2022). LANGUAGE VITALITY AND PRESERVATION: A CASE STUDY OF MAHALI. 978-81-954172-2-3


Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
Mahali is written with Bengali script

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

26399
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Source
https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Mahili
Comments
Mahali is mainly spoken in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use
Comments
District/Village

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Completion