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Turi language

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Native to
  
India

Ethnicity
  
350,000 (2007)

ISO 639-3
  
trd

Region
  
Jharkhand

Native speakers
  
2,000 (2007)

Language family
  
AustroasiaticMundaNorth MundaKherwariSanthaliTuri

Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Santali. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Oriya in Orissa.

Distribution

Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.

  • Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar)
  • Giridih district
  • Ranchi district
  • Hazaribagh district
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Raigarh district
  • Chhattisgarh district
  • West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981)
  • Orissa (pop. 7,374 as of 1981)

    • References

    Turi language Wikipedia
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