Munda (Noun)
Meaning
A family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Munda is the term for the people who speak the Munda languages in central India.
- The Ramayana and the Mahabharata mention the Munda as being part of the tribal societies of ancient India.
- Munda people living in the hills and dense forests have an indigenous form of subsistence economy.
- A great majority of the Munda have continued their tribal way of life to this day.
- Each group of Munda maintains its own distinct culture and customs.