Duruwa (Odia: ପରଜି, Devanagari: दुरुवा) or Dhurwa 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.
Contents
1Classification
2Phonology
3Dialects
4References
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
Consonants
Plosive voiceless
voiced
Fricative
Nasal
Approximant central
lateral
Tap
Dialects
There are four dialects: Tiriya, Nethanar, Dharba, and Kukanar. They are mutually intelligible.