Deori

Facts

  • Language: Deori
  • Alternate names: Chutia, Deuri, Chutiya, Dewri, Drori, Dari, Deori Chutiya
  • Language code: der
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Bodo-Garo-Northern Naga, Bodo-Koch (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 28,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Bengali script. Latin script.

More information:

    A Scheduled Tribe. ‘Deori’, the temple guard. Deori Chutiya is 1 of 4 Chutiya subgroups. Do not call themselves Chutiya. Traditional religion, Hindu.

    Deori is spoken in India, South Asia.