: कुर्माली or कुरमाली) or Kudmali is one of many languages which is spoken in Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Kurmali is generally linked to the Kurmi

Kurmi

The Kurmi are a Hindu agricultural Jāti in India.The group has been associated with the Kunbi, though scholars differ as to whether the terms are synonymous. In 2006, the Indian government announced that Kurmi was considered synonymous with the Kunbi and Yellam castes in Maharashtra...

 community of Jharkhand. Kudmali is also spoken by the Kurmi people of Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

, and was brought to the tea gardens from Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

, Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, and West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. The Jharkhand intellectuals claim that Kurmali may be the nearest form of language used in charyapada.

Demography

Jharkhand: east side; West Bengal: West Purulia, Bankura Malda, Nadia, and Western Midnapur districts; Orissa: Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, and Sundargarh districts; Assam: Darrang, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat districts.

It is spoken by approximately 600,000 Indians.

Script

Kurmali is written in Devnagri script though Chis is also suggested as its possible script. Quite a few items in Kurmali Chis alphabet resemble the Roman ones.

Education in Kudmali

There are Pre-degree, Degree, and MA Courses in Kudmali available in several Colleges and Schools of Jharkhand.