Language name and locationː Korku, Madhya Pardesh, India [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区科尔库语, 印度中部中央邦及马哈拉施特拉邦

 

1. miɲa

21.  ekis

2. bari

22.  bais

3. apʰai / apʰei

23.  t̪eis

4. apʰun

24.  t͡ʃavis

5. monoe

25.  pʌt͡ʃis

6. turui

26.  t͡ʃʰʌbbis

7. ei

27.  sʌt̪ais

8. ilar

28.  ʌʈʰais

9. arei

29.  unt̪is

10. gel

30.  t̪is

11. gyara < Hindi

40.  t͡ʃalis

12. baɾa

50.  pʌt͡ʃas

13. t̪eɾa

60.  saʈʰ

14. t͡ʃʌud̪a

70.  sʌt̪ʌɾ

15. pʌnd̪ɾa

80.  ʌssi

16. sola

90.  nʌbbe

17. sʌt̪ɾa

100. miɲa saddi

18. aʈʰɾa

200. baɾi saddi

19. unːis

1000. miɲa hʌd͡ʒaɾ

20. isa

2000. bari hʌd͡ʒaɾ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Rev. Noel Kotian, Bible Society of India, India, April 16, 1995.
供资料的语言学家: Rev. Noel Kotian, 1995 年 4 月 16 日.

 

Other comments: Korku borrowed Hindi numerals after ten. Korku is spoken in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Pradesh in Central India. Korku (also known as Kurku, or Muwasi[3]) or is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Korku tribe of central India, in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It is isolated in the midst of the Gondi people, who are Dravidian, while its closest relatives are in eastern India. It is the westernmost Austroasiatic language. Korkus are also closely associated with the Nihali people, many of whom have traditionally lived in special quarters of Korku villages. Korku is spoken by around 700,000 people, mainly in four districts of southern Madhya Pradesh (Khandwa, Harda, Betul, Hoshangabad) and three districts of northern Maharashtra (Rajura and Korpana tahsils of Chandrapur district, Manikgarh pahad area near Gadchandur in Chandrapur district) (Amravati, Buldana, Akola).
The name Korku comes from Koro-ku (-ku is the animate plural), Koro 'person, member of the Korku community' (Zide 2008).[5]


 

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