Endangered Languages Project - Duruwa

Duruwa

^{[aka Parji, Parji (Dravidian), Dhurwa]}

Classification: Dravidian

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Parji, Parji (Dravidian), Dhurwa, Dhruva, Durva, Parjhi, Paraja, Parajhi, Thakara, Tagara, Tugara
CLASSIFICATION		Dravidian, Central Dravidian
ORTHOGRAPHY		Devanagari script; Oriya script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pci
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Dharba Kukanar Tiriya Nethanar
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51,200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
100,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
65% of speakers are in Bastar, 35% in Koraput.

DATE OF INFO: speaker estimate: 2001 (census data); ethnic population estimate: 1986

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Devanagari script; Oriya script

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51,216 according to 2001 census.
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Bilingualism among the Parji speakers is around sixty percent, as they are familiar with the local variety of Hindi."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hindi

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51,216
Native speakers worldwide

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COORDINATES

18.5629,82.8039

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press