Endangered Languages Project - Turi

Turi

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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threatened

CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwarian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		trd
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
354,000

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Jharkhand, Ranchi, Gumla, Lohardaga districts, Chotanagpur area; Chhattisgarh, Raigarh District; Orissa, Sambalpur and Sundargarh districts; West Bengal, Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Bankura districts

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Turi is endangered.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,054
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Number of speakers unknown, but in the thousands; endangered."

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: West Bengal and Bihar

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing