Korwa
Korwa is an Austroasiatic language spoken in India, by about 570 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Korwa, or Kodaku/Koraku (Koɽaku), is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Existing Korwa linguistic documentation includes Bahl (1962), which is based on the Korwa dialect of Dumertoli village, Bagicha Block, Tehsil Jashpurnagar, Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh.
A 2022 study conducted by SIL International on Korwa-Koraku languages indicates that Korwa and Koraku are two different languages. According to Anderson et al. 2008, Koraku is more closer to Santali, while Korwa is closer to Mundari, two major subtypes of the Kherwarian languages, respectively.
From Wikipedia · Korwa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Korwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nao* | |
| eye | med* | |
| ear | lutur* | |
| nose | humu* | |
| tongue | alan* | |
| hand | sop* | |
| blood | lahu* | |
| bone | jan* | |
| skin | kauaCala* | |
| liver | iqin* | |
| water | dak | |
| fire | segel* | |
| sun | ber* | |
| star | ipil* | |
| mountain | pahar* | |
| tree | sin* | |
| night | rast* | |
| dog | kutu* | |
| fish | haku* | |
| louse | siku* | |
| drink | 5u* | |
| see | 5el* | |
| hear | ayum* | |
| die | goej* | |
| come | darva* | |
| new | nava* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Elsewhere
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