Turi language
# Turi language

Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Mundari. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Odia in Odisha. The Turi are classified as a Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand.

## Distribution

Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken.

* Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar)
   * Giridih district
   * Ranchi district
   * Hazaribagh district
* Chhattisgarh
   * Raigarh district
* West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981)
* Odisha (pop. 7,374 as of 1981)
