Duruwa > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Duruwa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Parji; Dhruva; Dhurwa; Durva; Paraja; Parajhi; Parjhi; Tagara; Thakara; Tugara; Parji (Dravidian)
Spoken in:
India
Number of speakers:
80,000 (2002 IEM). Ethnic population: 100,000 (1986); 65% in Bastar, 35% in Koraput
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
51216
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
75000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
pci
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Dravidian (Elamo-Dravidian)
Parent Subgroup:
Parji-Gadaba; Gadaba-Parji; Proto-Parji-Gadaba (parj)
Child Dialects:
Dharba (pci-dha)
Kukanar (pci-kuk)
Tiriya (pci-tir)
Nethanar (pci-net)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Duruwa
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