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'''Turi''' is an endangered [[Munda language]] of India that is closely related to [[Mundari language|Mundari]]. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to [[Sadri language|Sadri]] in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and [[Odia language|Odia]] in [[Odisha]]. The Turi are classified as a | '''Turi''' is an endangered [[Munda language]] of India that is closely related to [[Mundari language|Mundari]]. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to [[Sadri language|Sadri]] in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and [[Odia language|Odia]] in [[Odisha]]. The Turi are classified as a Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand. | ||
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| Turi | |
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| Native to | India |
| Region | Jharkhand |
| Ethnicity | 198,344 Turi (2011 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2007)[2] |
Austroasiatic
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| ISO 639-3 | trd |
| Glottolog | turi1246 |
Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Mundari. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Odia in Odisha. The Turi are classified as a Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand.
Distribution[edit]
Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.[3]
- Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar)
- Chhattisgarh
- West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981)
- Odisha (pop. 7,374 as of 1981)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Census of India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ↑ Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Ramu, G.N. (1 January 1991). "Changing Family Structure and Fertility Patterns: An Indian Case". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 26 (3–4): 189–206. doi:10.1177/002190969102600302. ISSN 0021-9096.
- 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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