Duruwa language

Duruwa (Template:Ipa, Odia: ଦୁରୁଆ, Devanagari: धुरुवा) or Dhuruwa or Durua is a Central Dravidian language spoken by the Duruwa people of India, in the districts of Koraput in Odisha and Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The language is related to Ollari and Kolami, which is also spoken by other neighbouring tribes.

Classification

Duruwa is a member of the Central Dravidian languages. Duruwa is a spoken language and is generally not written. Whenever it is written, it makes use of the Devanagari script in Bastar district and Odia script in Koraput district.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
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Mid	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Low			Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Plosive	voiceless	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
	voiced	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Fricative			(Template:IPA link)				(Template:IPA link)
Approximant	median	Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link
	lateral		Template:IPA link
Tap			Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link

Dialects

There are four dialects: Tiriya, Nethanar, Dharba, and Kukanar. They are mutually intelligible.Template:Citation needed