Turi language

Turi
Turi
तुरी
Native to	India
Region	Jharkhand
Ethnicity	Turi
Native speakers	2,000 (2007)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Kherwarian Mundaric Turi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	trd
Glottolog	turi1246
ELP	Turi
	Turi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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.^[3]

Distribution

Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.^[4]

Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar)
Chhattisgarh
- Raigarh district
West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981)
Odisha (pop. 7,374 as of 1981)

References

^ Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
^ "Census of India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ Ramu, G.N. (1 January 1991). "Changing Family Structure and Fertility Patterns: An Indian Case". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 26 (3–4): 189–206. doi:10.1177/002190969102600302. ISSN 0021-9096. S2CID 220926406.

Konow, Sten. 1906. Tūrī. In Grierson, George A. (ed.), Muṇḍā and Dravidian Languages, 128–134. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing.
Osada, Toshiki. 1991. Father Ponette's Field Note on Turi with a Comparative Vocabulary. Journal of Asian and African Studies 42. 175–189.

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[e18-1] Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.

[3] "Census of India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[4] Ramu, G.N. (1 January 1991). "Changing Family Structure and Fertility Patterns: An Indian Case". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 26 (3–4): 189–206. doi:10.1177/002190969102600302. ISSN 0021-9096. S2CID 220926406.

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