Dravidian · ISO 639-3 kru
Kurukh Language कुड़ुख़
Kurukh is a Dravidian language spoken by about 2.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari and Malayalam scripts.
Where Kurukh is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Kurukh
Language family
- Dravidian
- North Dravidian
- Kurux-Malto
- Kurukh
Writing system
Devanagari and Malayalam scripts
About the Kurukh language
Kurukh (कुड़ुख़) is spoken by about 2.5 million people, which makes it the 281st most spoken language in the world — just behind West Albay Bikol (2.5 million) and ahead of Pampanga (2.5 million). It belongs to the Dravidian language family and, more precisely, to the Kurux-Malto group within the Kurux-Malto branch.
Where is Kurukh spoken?
Kurukh is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (2.7 million).
Kurukh is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Kurukh is written in the Devanagari and Malayalam scripts. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 kru.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.