Turi language

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Turi
Native to India
Region Jharkand
Ethnicity 354,000 (undated)
Native speakers 2,000  (2007)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 trd

Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Santali. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Oriya in Orissa.

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