Turi
Turi is an Austroasiatic language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Turi is an endangered Austroasiatic language of India that belongs to the Kherwarian Munda group. Grierson (1906) described that Turi is similar to both Mundari and Santali. 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.
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Words in Turi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | med* | |
| ear | lutur* | |
| nose | mu* | |
| tooth | data* | |
| tongue | alan* | |
| hand | ti* | |
| blood | mayam* | |
| bone | yan* | |
| skin | arta* | |
| knee | teona* | |
| water | da* | |
| sun | siNi* | |
| star | tergan* | |
| stone | diri* | |
| tree | duba* | |
| leaf | sekam* | |
| night | nida* | |
| dog | seta* | |
| fish | haku* | |
| drink | nu* | |
| see | lelel* | |
| die | goe* | |
| path | hora* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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