Kuruh ( Devanagari : कुरुख़), also known as oraon, is the Dravidian language native to the oraon (or “kurukh”) and Adivasi peoples living in Bihar , Jharkhand , Orissa , Madhya Pradesh , Chhattisgarh and West Bengal ( India ), and also in the north of Bangladesh . Devanagari is used as a written language, as well as the original Tolong Shiki alphabet, invented by the doctor Narayan Oraon at the end of the 20th century. The Kuruk language is the closest relative of the Browi and Malt languages . Despite the large number of speakers (more than 2 million), the language is in danger of extinction [1] .
| Kuruh (Oraon) | |
|---|---|
| Self name | कुरुख़ (kurukh) |
| Country | India , Bangladesh |
| Official status | not |
| Total number of speakers | just over 2 million |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of Eurasia |
Dravidian family
| |
| Writing | Devanagari , Tolong Shiki |
| Language Codes | |
| GOST 7.75–97 | kuu 352 |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | kru |
| ISO 639-3 | kru |
| WALS | |
| Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | , and |
| Ethnologue | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | and |
Literature
Bible translated into kurukh in 2000 . There is other literature in the Kurukh language. The language is taught in some universities in India. Magazines and newspapers on kurukh are published in the places of residence of oraons. Books on kurukh were published in the states of Jharkhand , Orissa , Chhattisgarh , Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal . In the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, kuruh is taught in schools where oraons make up the majority of students.
Notes
- ↑ Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine. Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Page 9.