Turi language

Turi
Turi
Native to	India
Region	Jharkhand
Ethnicity	198,344 Turi (2011 census)
Native speakers	2,000 (2007)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Kherwarian Mundaric Turi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	trd
Glottolog	turi1246

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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
- Raigarh district
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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[1] "Census of India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[e18-2] Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[3] 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.

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