Korwa language

Korwa
Korwa
Kodaku
कोरवा
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Korwa (75%), Kodaku (25%)
Native speakers	28,453 (2011 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Kherwarian Mundaric Korwa; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; ksz – Kodaku; kfp – Korwa
Glottolog	koda1256
ELP	Korwa

Korwa, or Kodaku/Koraku (Korku), is a Munda language of India spoken in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.

Existing Korwa linguistic documentation includes Bahl (1962), which is based on the Korwa dialect of Dumertoli village, Bagicha Block, Tehsil Jashpurnagar, Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh.

^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

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