Korwa language
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Korwa, or Koraku is a Munda language of India.
Korwa is a dialect continuum
. The two principal varieties are Korwa (Korba) and Koraku (Kodaku), spoken by the Korwa
and Kodaku people. The Kodaku in Jharkand call their language "Korwa". Both speak Sadri
, Kurukh
, or Chhattisgarhi
as a second language, or in the case of Sadri sometimes as their first language.
Korwa is a dialect continuum
Dialect continuum
A dialect continuum, or dialect area, was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas, but as one travels in any direction, these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the...
. The two principal varieties are Korwa (Korba) and Koraku (Kodaku), spoken by the Korwa
Korwa people
Korba people are one of the scheduled tribes of India. They live in hills and forest of Chhotanagpur; the bordering area of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. They are socially and economically poor and outsiders often look down on them because of this...
and Kodaku people. The Kodaku in Jharkand call their language "Korwa". Both speak Sadri
Sadri language
Sadri is a branch of Prakrit language and is regarded as a sister language of Oriya, Bengali and Angika. It is spoken in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Orissa and the north of West Bengal, and in Bangladesh....
, Kurukh
Kurukh language
Kurukh , also called Kurux, Kuṛux or Kuruḵẖ, is a Dravidian language spoken by the Oraon and Kisan tribal peoples of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal, India, as well as in northern Bangladesh. It is most closely related to Brahui and Malto...
, or Chhattisgarhi
Chhattisgarhi language
Chhattisgarhi is the official language in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and has approximately 17.5 million speakers. It is an East Central Indo-Iranian language with heavy presence of vocabulary and linguistic features from Munda and Dravidian languages...
as a second language, or in the case of Sadri sometimes as their first language.