Majhwar language

{{Short description|Munda language of Uttar Pradesh, India}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Majhwar

| nativename =

| states = India

| region = Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim

| speakers = 34,300

| date = 1995

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Austro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Munda

| fam3 = North

| fam4 = Kherwarian

| fam5 = Mundaric

| iso3 = mmj

| glotto = majh1236

| glottorefname = Majhwar

| ethnicity = Majhwar

}}

Majhwar is a poorly-attested Munda language, apparently related to or a dialect of Asuri,{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Majhwar | work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/majh1236}} spoken in northern Chhattisgarh and Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh by the Majhwar tribe.

Today all Majhwars record their mother tongue as Indo-Aryan languages like Chhattisgarhi, Surgujia and Sadri.[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/SCST-Series/ST15.html ST-15 Scheduled Tribe By Mother Tongue (For Each Tribe Separately) - 2011]