Oraon language
| Kurukh | |
|---|---|
| Kurux, Oraon | |
| कुड़ुख़ | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan |
| Region | Odisha |
| Ethnicity | Kurukh people |
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Native speakers
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2.0 million (2001 census) |
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Dravidian
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| Dialects |
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| Tolong Siki, Devanagari script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: kru – Kurukh kxl – Nepali Kurux (Dhangar) xis – Kisan |
| Glottolog | kuru1301 |
Kurukh /ˈkʊrʊx/ (also Kurux and Oraon or Uranw;Devanagari: कुड़ुख़) is a Dravidian language spoken by nearly two million Oraon and Kisan tribal peoples of Odisha and surrounding areas of India (Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal), as well as by 50,000 in northern Bangladesh, 28,600 a dialect called Dhangar in Nepal, and about 5,000 in Bhutan. It is most closely related to Brahui and . The language is marked as being in a "vulnerable" state in UNESCO's list of endangered languages.
Kurukh belongs to the Northern Dravidian group of the Dravidian family of languages, and is closely related to Sauria Paharia and Kumarbhag Paharia, which are often together referred to as Malto.
Kurukh is written in Devanagari, a script also used to write Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and other Indo-Aryan languages. Narayan Oraon, a medical doctor, invented the Tolong Siki script specifically for Kurukh. Many books and magazines have been published in Tolong Siki script. The Kurukh Literary Society of India has been instrumental in spreading the Tolong Siki script for Kurukh literature.
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