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Kurukh

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[koor-uhk] / ˈkʊər ək /

noun

  1. a Dravidian language spoken in central India.


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The translation is due to the Rev. F. Halm, who has also published a Biblical history, a catechism and other small books in Kurukh.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The Dravidian languages, Gondi, Kurukh and Khond, are of one family with Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Canarese, and their home is the south of India.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The Oraon tribe call themselves Kurukh, which has also been supposed to be connected with the Kolarian horo, man.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The Kurukh language, Dr. Grierson states, has no written character, but the gospels have been printed in it in the Devanāgri type.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The name by which the Oraons know themselves is Kurukh or Kurunkh, and the designation of Oraon or Orao has been applied to them by outsiders.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

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