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.[3]
| Turi | |
|---|---|
| तुरी | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Jharkhand |
| Ethnicity | Turi |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2007)[1] |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | trd |
| Glottolog | turi1246 |
| ELP | Turi |
 Turi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
Distribution
editOsada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.[4]
- 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- ^ Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Census of India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ 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. S2CID 220926406.
- 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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