Korwa people

Korwa people

Korwa people are one of the primitive tribes in India. They live in hills and forest of Chhotanagpur; the bordering area of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. They are socially and economically poor (it is estimated that 60% of Korwa people are below the poverty line) and outsiders often look down on them because of this. The Indian Government has implemented several facilities for them, such as roads to their settlements, boys hostels for education, providing agricultural aid, etc.

The mother tongue of Korwa people is "Korwa" [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kfp] ; it is named after their name. Alternative names for this language include Ernga and Singli [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=kfp] ; however, the Korwa people call their language as their Bhashi , which means local language. This language belongs to the Munda subgroup of the Austro-Asiatic language family. The main dialect of Korwa is called Majhi Korwa [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kfp] . It is spoken basically by Korwa, but a few local Kodaku [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ksz] people also speak Korwa. Korwa and Kodaku are said to have some similarity. Korwa people also speak Sadri and Chhattisgarhi as their second language.


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