Turi language

Turi
तुरी
Native toIndia
RegionJharkhand
EthnicityTuri
Native speakers
2,000 (2007)[1]
Austroasiatic
  • Munda
    • North
      • Kherwarian
        • Mundaric
          • Turi
Language codes
ISO 639-3trd
Glottologturi1246
ELPTuri
Turi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Mundari. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Odia in Odisha. The Turi are classified as a Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand.[3]

  1. ^ Turi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Census of India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.