Turi language

Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Mundari. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Odia in Odisha. The Turi are classified as a Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand.

Distribution
Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.


 * Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar)
 * Giridih district
 * Ranchi district
 * Hazaribagh district
 * Chhattisgarh
 * Raigarh district
 * West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981)
 * Odisha (pop. 7,374 as of 1981)