The Duruwa, Dhurwa or Dharua is a tribal group found in the Indian states of
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...
and
Odisha.
Parji
Duruwa (Odia alphabet, Odia: ପରଜି, Devanagari: दुरुवा) or Dhurwa or Parji is a Central Dravidian language spoken by the Duruwa, Duruwa people of India, in the districts of Koraput district, Koraput in Odisha and Bastar distric ...
, a
Dravidian language, is used by the people in their home domain.
Overview
Although
Parji
Duruwa (Odia alphabet, Odia: ପରଜି, Devanagari: दुरुवा) or Dhurwa or Parji is a Central Dravidian language spoken by the Duruwa, Duruwa people of India, in the districts of Koraput district, Koraput in Odisha and Bastar distric ...
is their native language, they are well versed with the local lingua franca,
Odia
Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to:
* Odia people in Odisha, India
* Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family
* Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...
, Chhattisgarhi but also speak
Hindi,
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
,
Kurmali
Kurmali or Kudmali (ISO: Kuṛmāli) is an Indo-Aryan language classified as belonging to the Bihari group of languages spoken in eastern India. As a trade dialect, it is also known as Panchpargania (Bengali: পঞ্চপরগনিয় ...
and use Odia, Hindi or
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
scripts for intergroup communication.
In
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...
Dharua people are classified under the
Gond tribe, but in
Odisha they are listed as a separate tribe.
References
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Tribes of India
Scheduled Tribes of Chhattisgarh
Scheduled Tribes of Odisha
Dravidian peoples