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1601 (Bhumij) {
id: 1601 , code_val: "unr-bhu ", code_authorities: "LINGUIST List ", primary_name: "Bhumij ", alternate_names: "Sadar Bhumij; Bhumij Munda; Bhumij Thar; Bhumiɟ ", lang_description: "", classification: "Austro-Asiatic; Munda; North Munda; Kherwarian ", dialect_varieties: "", public_comment: "Greg Anderson: Language is locally endangered. Bhumij are heavily Hinduized and often switch to Indo-Aryan language(s) when adopting Hindu religious practices. ", private_comment: "", source_id: 89800 , language: { code_id: 1601 , featured: 0, cached_documentation_score: -1 , google_group_url: "", simplified_level: "low ", coordinates: "22.552,85.804 ", updated_at: "2018-03-25 01:00:13 ", speaker_attitude: "", government_support: "", institutional_support: "", _other_languages_used: "", domains_of_use: null, speakers_worldwide: "over 100,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", speakers_worldwide_year: "", bibliography_of_vitality: "", bibliography_of_context: "17168 ", bibliography_of_locations: "1511 ", user_submission: "", approved: 1 , speakers_int_cache: 100000 , has_audio_samples: 0, has_document_samples: 0, has_image_samples: 0, has_guide_samples: 0, has_video_samples: 0, search_simplified_level: "AR ", user_id: 1 , code_val_cache: "unr-bhu ", has_link_samples: 0, submission_source_info: "", countries: [ ], }, speakers: [ { id: 2108 , code_id: 1601 , speaker_number: "100000 ", speaker_number_text: "150,000 ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "", public_comment: "", private_comment: null, source_id: 17168 , preferred: 0, }, { id: 22835 , code_id: 1601 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: null, second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 1511 , preferred: 0, }, { id: 29745 , code_id: 1601 , speaker_number: "100000 ", speaker_number_text: "over 100,000 ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "", public_comment: ""Bhumij speakers still number perhaps over 100,000 but they are rapidly adopting Hinduism and abandoning their ancestral Kherwarian North Munda tongue in favor of a local Indo-Aryan variety." The Bhumij are sometimes incorrectly united with the Mundari and the Munda, despite being ethnically and linguistically distinct. ", private_comment: null, source_id: 98027 , preferred: 1 , }, ], }