Korwa

Facts

  • Language: Korwa
  • Alternate names: Ernga, Singli, Erngga, Mundari, Mundari-Ho
  • Language code: kfp
  • Language family: Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari, Mundari (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: >35,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    A Scheduled Tribe in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal. Also a Scheduled Caste in Uttar Pradesh speaking Hindi as mother tongue (Singh 1995). Korwa divided into two groups: Pahadi (hill dwellers) and Dihari (plains dwellers). No intermarriage. Hindu, Muslim.

    Korwa is spoken in India, South Asia.