Turi | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Jharkhand |
Ethnicity | Turi |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2007) [1] |
Austroasiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
trd |
Glottolog |
turi1246 |
ELP | Turi |
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. [2]
Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken. [3]