Kurukh language
Kurukh (/ˈkʊrʊx/; Devanagari: कुंड़ुख़्), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, is a Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India. It is spoken by about two million people in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura, as well as by 65,000 in northern Bangladesh, 28,600 of a dialect called Uranw in Nepal and about 5,000 in Bhutan. Some Kurukh speakers are in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is most closely related to the Malto language. It is marked as being in a "vulnerable" state in UNESCO's list of endangered languages. The Kisan dialect has 206,100 speakers as of 2011.
| Kurukh | |
|---|---|
| Kurux, Oraon, Uraon | |
| कुंड़ुख़्, কুড়ুখ্, କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍ | |
'Kuṛux' or 'Kuṅṛux' in Kurukh Banna alphabet (top) and Tolong Siki alphabet (bottom) | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh, and Nepal |
| Region | Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Tripura |
| Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | 2.28 million (2002–2011) |
Dravidian
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| Dialects |
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| Devanagari Kurukh Banna Tolong Siki | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kru |
| ISO 639-3 | kru – inclusive codeIndividual codes: xis – Kisankxl – Nepali Kurux |
| Glottolog | kuru1301 |
| ELP | Nepali Kurux |
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