Juang

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Juango, Patra-Saara, Patua, Puttooas

Population

23,700 (2001 census). No monolinguals.

Location

Odisha state: north Angul, east Dhenkanal, south Keonjhar districts.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Keonjhar-Pal. Not closely related to other languages. Lexical similarity: 20%–22% with Kharia [khr].

Language Use

Positive attitudes. Some also use Odia [ory], especially men and educated.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 21% (2001 census). NT: 2016.

Language Resources

Writing

Oriya (Odia) script [Orya].

Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion.