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Describe the social and linguistic characteristics of tribes in india

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In India, many cultures and faiths, ways of life, dress and food habits, traditions and rituals, are united. Different Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, a variety of sects, and varying tribal religious beliefs are like petals of one flower. This diversity extends over to the languages as well. The four major language families - the Indo-Aryan, the Dravidian, the Tibeto-Burman and the Austro-Asiatic - promote multi-lingual, multi-cultural diversity and respect, all these co-exist in cultural harmony.

Tribals in India originate from five language families, i.e. Andamanese, Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, and Tibeto-Burman. It is also important to point out that those tribals who belong to different language families live in distinct geographic settings. For example, in South Orissa there are languages that originate from the Central Dravidian family, Austro-Asiatic (Munda) family and the Indo-Aryan. In the Jharkhand area, languages are from the Indo-Aryan, North Dravidian and Austro-Asiatic.

The grammar of a language is essentially a culturally significant unit of behavior. Within the cognitive world of a group, its terminological system is encoded and decoded. When shift in language takes place, reference to the standard symbolic system of the culture shifts.

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Explain the social and linguistic characterstic of tribes in India