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Mal Paharia (other)
Mal Paharia may refer to: *Mal Paharia people, a tribal people of eastern India *Mal Paharia language, their Indo-Aryan language, also known as Malto and Parsi See also *Paharia (other) Paharia may refer to: * Paharia language (other) * Mal Paharia people * Sauria Paharia people (also called Maler Paharia) * Paharia Express The Paharia Express is an express train connecting Indian cities Siliguri and Digha. This is ... * Malto (other) * Parsi language, alternate name for the language and other languages so known {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Paharia People
The Mal Paharia people are a Dravidian ethnic people of India, mainly living in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. They are the original inhabitants of the Rajmahal Hills, known today as the Santal Parganas division of Jharkhand. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe by the governments of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. They speak the Malto language, a Dravidian language, as well as a poorly-documented Indo-Aryan Mal Paharia language. History During Muslim rule in Bengal, the Mal Paharias were brave warriors who maintained their independence from government control but developed a relationship with local landlords. Under this agreement, Mal Paharia lands were divided into ''tappa'' headed by ''sardars'', who in turn had authority over the ''manjhi'': village head. The ''sardars'' acted as a lawkeeping force among the Mal Paharia in return for which they were given a certain amount of land by the plains people. Passes leading to the hills were guarded by Mal Paharia ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Paharia Language
Mal Paharia is a language spoken by 51,000 of 110,000 ethnic Mal Paharia in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal in India, and regions of Bangladesh. The language is also known as Mal Pahoria, Malto, Malti, Paharia, Parsi, and Mal Pahariya. It has been variously regarded as a Bengali–Assamese language, a dialect of Malto, and a mixed Dravidian– Indo-Aryan language. There is a generally positive attitude among speakers of the language towards it, but it is considered vulnerable as some speakers have shifted to Bengali. Mal Paharia uses the Devanagari script and rules for its writing, reading, and speech. History Mal Paharia is derived from Malto and the Bengali language. The speakers of this language originated in Jharkhand as early as 1881, and since then it has declined in popularity. According to the 1921 census, the town had Indo-European 500 speakers at that time. Industrialization and urbanization were factors in the fragmentation of the Bengali language into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paharia (other)
Paharia may refer to: * Paharia language (other) * Mal Paharia people * Sauria Paharia people (also called Maler Paharia) * Paharia Express * ''Paharia'' (cicada), a genus of cicadas {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malto (other)
Malto may refer to: *The Malto language, a Dravidian language of India *The Malto people, an ethnic group of India *''malto-'', a prefix referring to maltose * Malto Brewery, an Albanian company * Sean Malto (born 1989), American skateboarder See also *Sauria Paharia (other), a variant of the Malto language *Mal Paharia (other) Mal Paharia may refer to: *Mal Paharia people, a tribal people of eastern India *Mal Paharia language, their Indo-Aryan language, also known as Malto and Parsi See also *Paharia (other) Paharia may refer to: * Paharia language (disambiguat ..., another language of India also known as Malto {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |