Kurukh
E88788
Kurukh is an indigenous Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Oraon tribal communities in eastern and central India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurukh language | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Malto language ⓘ |
| family |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian
|
| hasCaseSystem | rich case marking ⓘ |
| hasGenderCategory | natural gender distinctions ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kuru1302 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | kru ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNumberCategory |
plural
ⓘ
singular ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bengali
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Odia ⓘ Sadri ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Northern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Kurukh
self-link
ⓘ
Kurux ⓘ Oraon ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| region |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kurukh people
ⓘ
Oraon ⓘ
surface form:
Oraon people
|
| spokenIn |
Assam
ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| subfamily |
North Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Dravidian
|
| subjectTo | language shift to regional Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | oral language of Oraon communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education programs for tribal communities
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ oral storytelling traditions ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
Kurukh Banna script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kurukh language
this entity surface form:
Kurukh language