Korwa language
| Korwa | |
|---|---|
| Kodaku | |
| कोरवा | |
| Native to | India |
| Ethnicity | Korwa (75%), Kodaku (25%) |
Native speakers | 28,453 (2011 census) |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Devanagari script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ksz – Kodakukfp – Korwa |
| Glottolog | koda1256 |
| ELP | Korwa |
Korwa, or Kodaku/Koraku (Koɽaku), is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Existing Korwa linguistic documentation includes Bahl (1962), which is based on the Korwa dialect of Dumertoli village, Bagicha Block, Tehsil Jashpurnagar, Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh.
A 2022 study conducted by SIL International on Korwa-Koraku languages indicates that Korwa and Koraku are two different languages. According to Anderson et al. 2008, Koraku is more closer to Santali, while Korwa is closer to Mundari, two major subtypes of the Kherwarian languages, respectively.