Dravidian family
Kurukh
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Kurukh (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Dravidian language. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Kurukh.
See Kurukh on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2M (2,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- kru
- Glottocode
- kuru1302
North Dravidian language of the Oraon people of eastern India. Start date is nominal; the Proto-North Dravidian stage is not tracked.
Lineage
- Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Kurukhc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Dravidian.