Turi language
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| Turi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Jharkhand |
| Ethnicity | 350,000 (2007)[1] |
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Native speakers
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2,000 (2007)[1] |
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Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | trd |
| Glottolog | turi1246[2] |
Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Santali. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Oriya in Orissa.
Distribution
Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.
- Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar)
- Madhya Pradesh
- West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981)
- Orissa (pop. 7,374 as of 1981)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- Konow, Sten. 1906. Tūrī. In Grierson, George A. (ed.), Muṇḍā and Dravidian Languages, 128-134. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing.
- Osada, Toshiki. 1991. Father Ponette's Field Note on Turi with a Comparative Vocabulary. Journal of Asian and African Studies 42. 175-189.
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