Also Known As:
Kurku, Muwasi, Muasi, Kuri, Bondeya, Bopchi, Korki, Ramekhera, Kurku-Ruma
Dialects & Varieties
- Bondoy
- Bouriya
- Mawasi
- Ruma
Korku
Norman H. Zide. 2008. Korku. In Gregory D. S. Anderson (ed.), The Munda Languages, pp. 256-298. London and New York: Routledge.
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Elders
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"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)
Location and Context
Countries
India
Location Description
"northeastern Maharashtra (most of the speakers residing in Amraoti (Amravati District), and in south central Madhya Pradesh (East Nimar, Betul, and Hoshangabad Districts)"
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Hindi; Marathi
Number of Other Language Speakers:
almost all
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Devanagari script
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Comments on writing systems:
very little has been written
Recent Resources
Korku talking dictionary (audio recordings) from Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
Korku is a scheduled tribe (ST) community predominantly found in the East Nimar (Khandwa and Burhanp