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Kurukh (other)
Kurukh or Kurux may refer to: * Kurukh people, a people of eastern India and Bangladesh * Kurukh language, their Dravidian language ** Kurukh Banna, its Brahmic script * Dhangar language, the only Dravidian language of Nepal, which may also be referred to as Nepali Kurukh See also *Oraon (other), alternative name of the language *Dhangar (other) Dhangar is a herding caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Dhangar may also refer to: * Dhangar, Madhya Pradesh, a town in Khurai tehsil, Madhya Pradesh * Dhangar, a dialect of the Kurukh language ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurukh People
The Kurukh or Oraon, also spelt Uraon or Dhangad, ( Kurukh: ''Karḵẖ'' and ''Oṛāōn'') are a Dravidian speaking ethnolinguistic group inhabiting Chhotanagpur Plateau and adjoining areas - mainly the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal. They predominantly speak Kurukh as their native language, which belongs to the Dravidian language family. In Maharashtra, Oraon people are also known as Dhangad. Traditionally, Oraons depended on the forest and farms for their ritual practices and livelihoods, but in recent times, they have become mainly settled agriculturalists. Many Oraon migrated to tea gardens of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh as well as to countries like Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius during British rule, where they were known as ''Hill Coolies''. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe in seven Indian states for the purpose of reservation system. Etymology According to Edward Tuite Dalton, "Oraon" is an exonym assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurukh Language
Kurukh ( or ; Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, ), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw (Devanagari: उराँव, ), is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India. It is spoken by about two million people in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura, as well as by 65,000 in northern Bangladesh, 28,600 of a dialect called Uranw in Nepal and about 5,000 in Bhutan. The most closely related language to Kurukh is Malto; together with Brahui, all three languages form the North Dravidian branch of the Dravidian language family. It is marked as being in a "vulnerable" state in UNESCO's list of endangered languages. The Kisan dialect has 206,100 speakers as of 2011. Classification Kurukh belongs to the Northern Dravidian group of the Dravidian family languages, and is closely related to Sauria Paharia and Kumarbhag Paharia, which are often together referred to as Malto. Writing systems Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurukh Banna
Kurukh Banna is an abugida made specifically for the Kurux language in 1991 by Basudev Ram Khalkho from Odisha, India. In Sundargarh district of Odisha the Kurukh Banna alphabet is taught and promoted by Kurukh Parha. Fonts have been developed and people are using it widely in books, magazines and other material. The alphabet is also used by Oraon people in the states of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor .... Unicode the script has been proposed for inclusion in Unicode, most recently in May 2023. References External links "Revised Proposal to Encode the Kurukh Banna in UCS"at the website of Unicode Abugida writing systems {{Abugida-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhangar Language
Kurukh ( or ; Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, ), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw (Devanagari: उराँव, ), is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India. It is spoken by about two million people in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura, as well as by 65,000 in northern Bangladesh, 28,600 of a dialect called Uranw in Nepal and about 5,000 in Bhutan. The most closely related language to Kurukh is Malto; together with Brahui, all three languages form the North Dravidian branch of the Dravidian language family. It is marked as being in a "vulnerable" state in UNESCO's list of endangered languages. The Kisan dialect has 206,100 speakers as of 2011. Classification Kurukh belongs to the Northern Dravidian group of the Dravidian family languages, and is closely related to Sauria Paharia and Kumarbhag Paharia, which are often together referred to as Malto. Writing systems Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oraon (other)
Oraon may refer to: * Oraon people or Kurukh, an ethnic group of India ** Oraon language or Kurukh, their Dravidian language Persons with the surname An Indian surname of the above people. * Dinesh Oraon, politician * Kartik Oraon, politician * Lalit Oraon, politician * Laloo Oraon, politician * Manoj Kumar Oraon, politician * Rameshwar Oraon, politician * Sameer Oraon, politician * Shankar Oraon, football player * Shivshankar Oraon, politician * Simon Oraon, environmentalist * Subodh Oraon Subodh Oraon (1953 – 5 December 1988), also written Subodh Barwa, was an Indian politician belonging to the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP). He was elected to the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha from the Kumargram constituency in the 1982 and ..., politician * Sukhram Oraon, politician * Sumati Oraon, politician * Tuna Oraon, politician See also * Kurukh (other) * Oraon Sadri, an Indo-Aryan language of India, under the Nagpuri or Sadri language of Jharkhand {{di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhangar (other)
Dhangar is a herding caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Dhangar may also refer to: * Dhangar, Madhya Pradesh, a town in Khurai tehsil, Madhya Pradesh * Dhangar, a dialect of the Kurukh language Kurukh ( or ; Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, ), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw (Devanagari: उराँव, ), is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India. It is spoken by about two million peopl ... See also * Kurukh (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
