Turi
A language of India
| Population | 2,000 (2007). Ethnic population: 354,000. |
| Region | Jharkhand, Ranchi, Gumla, Lohardaga districts, Chotanagpur area; Chhattisgarh, Raigarh District; Orissa, Sambalpur and Sundargarh districts; West Bengal, Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Bankura districts. |
| Classification | Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari, Santali |
| Comments | A Scheduled Caste. Singh (1993) reports they speak Sadri [sck] as L1 in Jharkhand, Mundari [unr] in West Bengal, Oriya [ori] in Orissa. Breton (1997) states that Turi is spoken only in Chotanagpur. A Turi caste in Gujarat is not related linguistically. |
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