Korku
[aka Kurku, Muwasi, Muasi]Classification: Austro-Asiatic
·at risk
Classification: Austro-Asiatic
·at risk
Kurku, Muwasi, Muasi, Kuri, Bondeya, Bopchi, Korki, Ramekhera, Kurku-Ruma |
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Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Korku |
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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Korku speakers are rapidly assimilating with speakers of larger (Indo-Aryan) languages.
Information from: “Korku” (256-298 ch. 6) . Norman H. Zide (2008) , Gregory D. S. Anderson · Routledge
Hindi; Marathi
"The Korku, certainly the men, are almost all bi- or multilingual, speaking the regional 'varieties of Hindi' in Madhya Pradesh, and Marathi (and dialectal Hindi) in Maharashra. Korku has borrowed heavily from neighboring Indo-Aryan languages, particularly in lexicon... N. Zide observed considerable change in syntax, for example, the new Indo-Aryan-like relative clause structures preferred by some younger speakers." (p. 256)
very little has been written
"northeastern Maharashtra (most of the speakers residing in Amraoti (Amravati District), and in south central Madhya Pradesh (East Nimar, Betul, and Hoshangabad Districts)"
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
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SOURCE: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge |
SOURCE: “Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India” . |
SOURCE: “Korku” (256-298 ch. 6) . Norman H. Zide (2008) , Gregory D. S. Anderson · Routledge |
SOURCE: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . , Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press |
2007 | South Asia and the Middle East | Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages | 283-348 | Christopher Moseley | London & New York: Routledge | George van Driem | George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge. | HHOLD | 200,000 | 100000 | At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | Korku speakers are rapidly assimilating with speakers of larger (Indo-Aryan) languages. | Madhya Pradesh, Mahrashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Munda Languages Project | Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages | http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.GSA.munda.html | 300,000 - 400,000 | 100000 | At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India | Census of India | http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm | 574,481 | 2001 (census data) | 100000 | At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Korku | The Munda Languages | 256-298 | Gregory D. S. Anderson | Routledge | 6 | Norman H. Zide | Norman H. Zide. 2008. Korku. In Gregory D. S. Anderson (ed.), The Munda Languages, pp. 256-298. London and New York: Routledge. | Hindi; Marathi | "The Korku, certainly the men, are almost all bi- or multilingual, speaking the regional 'varieties of Hindi' in Madhya Pradesh, and Marathi (and dialectal Hindi) in Maharashra. Korku has borrowed heavily from neighboring Indo-Aryan languages, particularly in lexicon... N. Zide observed considerable change in syntax, for example, the new Indo-Aryan-like relative clause structures preferred by some younger speakers." (p. 256) | almost all | India | "northeastern Maharashtra (most of the speakers residing in Amraoti (Amravati District), and in south central Madhya Pradesh (East Nimar, Betul, and Hoshangabad Districts)" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0199255911 | 2005 | The World Atlas of Language Structures | Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer | Oxford University Press | New York | 2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press. | 22.5,78.5 |