Duruwa language

Duruwa (Odia: ପରଜି, Devanagari: धुरुवा) or Dhuruwa or Parji 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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Low			Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Plosive	voiceless	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
	voiced	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Fricative			(Template:IPAlink)				(Template:IPAlink)
Approximant	central	Template:IPAlink			Template:IPAlink
	lateral		Template:IPAlink
Tap			Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink

Dialects

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