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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kurku, Muwasi, Muasi, Kuri, Bondeya, Bopchi, Korki, Ramekhera, Kurku-Ruma
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Korku
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kfq
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bondoy Bouriya Mawasi Ruma
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Thriving in some areas, endangered in others; the overall number of speakers recorded is likely to be too low.

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Korku speakers are rapidly assimilating with speakers of larger (Indo-Aryan) languages.

PLACES: Madhya Pradesh, Mahrashtra

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "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)
Scripts (Writing system): Devanagari script
More on Orthography: very little has been written

PLACES: 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)"

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300,000 - 400,000
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
574,481
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census data)

	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

Korku

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At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300,000 - 400,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

574,481

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Korku

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At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300,000 - 400,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

574,481

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