Korku (कोरकू)

Korku is a a Munda language spoken in central India, mainly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. In Madhya Pradesh it is spoken in the Betul, Hoshangabad and East Nimar districts in the south of the state, and it is spoken in the Akola, Amravati and Buldana districts of northern Maharashtra. In 2011 there were about 727,000 speakers of Korku, which is also known as Bondeya, Bopchi, Korki, Kuri, Kurku or Ramekher.

Korku is written with the Devanagari alphabet, although few Korku speakers are literate in their language. There are literacy programs in some places, and there is a Korku dictionary, grammar, some texts and translations.

Devanagari alphabet for Korku

Devanagari alphabet for Korku

Download an alphabet chart for Korku (Excel)

Sample text

चिविच् रान्नी डो चिविच् रान्नी ।
चोजा सगुन घाले-बा डो चिविच् रान्नी ।
चिविच् न्नी डो चिविच् रान्नी ।
ब्यावा सगुन घाले घाले-बा डो चिविच् रान्नी ।

Transliteration

ciwit rānnī ḍo ciwit rānnī.
cojā sagun ghāle-bā ḍo ciwit rānnī.
ciwit rānnī ḍo ciwit rānnī.
byāwā sagun ghāle-bā ḍo ciwit rānnī.

Translation

Black Bird is saying something.
What is she pretending?
She is pretending about bridals.

Source: https://korku.bharatavani.in/view-pdf/?pdf=korkugeet

Details supplied by Biswajit Mandal (biswajitmandal[dot]bm90[at]gmail[dot]com)

Videos in and about Korku

Information about Korku | Numbers

Links

Information about Korku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korku_language
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kork1243
https://archive.org/details/korkulanguagegra00naga
http://lisindia.ciil.org/Korku/Korku.html
http://www.language-archives.org/language/kfq
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/kfqkor

Munda languages

Bhumij, Gadaba, Ho, Juang, Kharia, Korku, Mundari, Santali, Sora

Languages written with the Devanāgarī alphabet

Aka-Jeru, Angika, Athpare, Avestan, Awadhi, Bahing, Balti, Bantawa, Belhare, Bhili, Bhumij, Bilaspuri, Bodo, Bhojpuri, Braj, Car, Chamling, Chhantyal, Chhattisgarhi, Chambeali, Danwar, Dhatki, Dhimal, Dhundari, Digaro Mishmi, Dogri, Doteli, Gaddi, Garhwali, Gondi, Gurung, Halbi, Haryanvi, Hindi, Ho, Jarawa, Jaunsari, Jirel, Jumli, Kagate, Kannauji, Kham, Kangri, Kashmiri, Khaling, Khandeshi, Kharia, Khortha, Korku, Konkani, Kullui, Kumaoni, Kurmali, Kurukh, Kusunda, Lambadi, Limbu, Lhomi, Lhowa, Magahi, Magar, Mahasu Pahari, Maithili, Maldivian, Malto, Mandeali, Marathi, Marwari, Mewari, Mundari, Nancowry. Newar, Nepali, Nimadi, Nishi, Onge, Pahari, Pali, Pangwali, Rajasthani, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri, Sadri, Sanskrit, Santali, Saraiki, Sirmauri, Sherpa, Shina, Sindhi, Sunwar, Sylheti, Tamang, Thakali, Thangmi, Wambule, Wancho, Yakkha, Yolmo

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