Correct Answer – Option 4 : Asuri

The correct answer is Asuri.

• The Asuri language has become extinct from the Adivasi tribe of Jharkhand.
• The Asuri Adivasis draw their lineage from the buffalo demon Mahishasur and were portrayed as demons and enemies in the predominant text.
• They are also credited with being the country’s first community of iron smelters.
• Today, they are one of India’s dwindling Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Jharkhand.
• Asuri, their language, is on the verge of extinction, with less than 8000 people speaking it.

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• Munda language introduced on the coast of Odisha from Indochina about 4000–3500 years ago and outspread after Indo-Aryan migration to Odisha.
• Mundari language consists of 27 letters and 5 diacritics.
• The reason for the extinction of this language is the popularization of foreign languages and also due to restrictions of it in a particular domain.
• The reason for the decline of any language is If a language is incapable of providing livelihood, the language is bound to lose its value.