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- proper noun A
Dravidian language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
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Examples
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The Oraon tribe call themselves Kurukh, which has also been supposed to be connected with the Kolarian _horo_, man.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The Kurukh language is treated by Dr. Grierson in the volume of the Linguistic Survey on _Munda and Dr.vidian Languages_.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The Kurukh language, Dr. Grierson states, has no written character, but the gospels have been printed in it in the Devanagri type.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The Dravidian languages, Gondi, Kurukh and Khond, are of one family with Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Canarese, and their home is the south of India.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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G. G.ierson states, Kurukh may be connected with Tamil _kurugu_, an eagle, and be the name of a totemistic clan.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The name by which the Oraons know themselves is Kurukh or Kurunkh, and the designation of Oraon or Orao has been applied to them by outsiders.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Biblical history, a catechism and other small books in Kurukh.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The nasal seems to be often added or omitted in this part of the country, as Kurukh or Kurunkh.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Kurukh tribe originally lived in the Carnatic, whence they went up the
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Rozhbash Kurdi (Iraq, Iran) [answer] Bashem Kurukh (India) Gor-lagi [Kutchin, see Gwich'in]
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