Kurukh
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kurukhi, Oraoni, Kurux, Uranw, Oraon, Kurukh language, Oraon language
Dravidian language of eastern India
Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [ kũɽux ]
- Native to
- India , Bangladesh , and Nepal
- Region
- Jharkhand , West Bengal , Chhattisgarh , Assam , Bihar , Tripura , Odisha
- Ethnicity
- Kurukh Kisan
- Native speakers
- 2.28 million (2002–2011)
- Language family
- Dravidian Northern Dravidian Kurukh– Malto Kurukh
- Dialects
- Oraon Kisan Dhangar
- Writing system
- Kurukh script Tolong Siki Kurukh Banna Devanagari Odia
- Official language in
- India Jharkhand (additional) West Bengal (additional)
- Iso 639 3
- Variously:, kru – Kurux, kxl – Nepali Kurux (Dhangar), xis – Kisan
- Glottolog
- kuru1301
- Elp
- Nepali Kurux
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- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 2000000
- P10369
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- Kurukh language
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Kurukh (/ˈkʊrʊx/ or /ˈkʊrʊk/; Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, IPA: [kũɽux]), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw (Devanagari: उराँव, IPA: [uraːũ̯]), is a North 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 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. The most closely related language to Kurukh is Malto; together with Brahui, all three languages form the North Dravidian branch of the Dravidian language family. 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.
Etymology