Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Hinduism, Munda is a monster that was killed by Devi. See also Chamunda. The Munda languages are spoken in West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, India. Together with the Mon-Khmer languages, they form the Austro-Asiatic phylum. The main branches are: Santali, Mundari and Kharia, Juang, Bhumij, Korva and Ho, Sora and Gutob Kurku Altogether speakers number several millions but they are without a linguistic state, in contrast to, for example, Hindi, Dravidian and Tibeto-Burmese speakers in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram respectively. The Munda languages are thought to be the most ancient linguistic stratum of India, ante-dating even Dravidian. Their relationship to the Mon-Khmer languages is remote. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.