Duruwa (

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

: ପରଜି, Devanagari: दुरुवा) or Dhurwa or Parji is a

Central Dravidian language The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant ...

spoken by the Duruwa people of India, in the districts of Koraput in Odisha and Bastar in

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. The language is related to Ollari and Kolami, which is also spoken by other neighbouring tribes.

Classification

Duruwa is a member of the Central Dravidian languages. Duruwa is a spoken language and is generally not written. Whenever it is written, it makes use of the Devanagari script in Bastar district and Odia script in Koraput district.

Phonology

Dialects

There are four dialects: Tiriya, Nethanar, Dharba, and Kukanar. They are mutually intelligible.

References

{{Dravidian languages Agglutinative languages Dravidian languages Languages of India Endangered languages of India