Muria language

{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}}

{{distinguish|text=another Dravidian language, Madiya language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Muria

| states = India

| region =

| speakers =15,864

| date = 2011 census

| ref = {{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07|archive-date=2019-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716072837/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|url-status=live}}

| familycolor = Dravidian

| fam2 = South-Central

| fam3 = Gondi–Kui

| fam4 = Gondi languages

| lc1 = emu

| ld1 = Eastern Muria

| lc2 = mut

| ld2 = Western Muria

| lc3 = fmu

| ld3 = Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor)

| glotto = east2340

| glottoname = Eastern

| glottorefname = Eastern Muria

| glotto2 = west2408

| glottoname2 = Western

| glottorefname2 = Western Muria

| glotto3 = farw1235

| glottoname3 = Far Western

| glottorefname3 = Far Western Muria

}}

Muria is a Dravidian language spoken in India. Three varieties have mutual intelligibility.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} It is sometimes confused with the Madiya language. It is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with northern Gondi dialects.{{cite book | title=The Dravidian languages | url=https://archive.org/details/dravidianlanguag00kris | url-access=limited | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Bhadriraju Krishnamurti | year=2003 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/dravidianlanguag00kris/page/n54 25]}}