Kodaku
A language of India
| Population | 15,700 (1991 census). |
| Region | Chhattisgarh, Surguja District; Jharkhand, Palamau, Garhwa districts; Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra District. |
| Alternate names | Koraku, Korku |
| Dialects | A subgroup of Korwa [kfp] (Parkin 1991). Lexical similarity: 82%–96% between varieties, 50%–70% with Korwa. |
| Classification | Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari |
| Language use | Kodaku in Jharkhand shifting to (a local variety of) Sadri [sck]. Kodaku in Chhattisgarh retaining their mother tongue more. In Chhattisgarh most speak Kodaku in home and village and it is used by children with each other. Men also speak Hindi or Kurux [kru]. Women are monolingual (Parkin 1991). Some also use Sadri. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 26% for Korwa/Koraku in Chhattisgarh. |
| Comments | Grouped with Korwa on Scheduled Tribes list in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Kodaku in Jharkhand call their language Korwa but it is Kodaku. Hunter-gatherers, agriculture. Traditional religion mixed with Hindu, some Christian. |
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