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Korwa|ˈkɔːwə|
Also Korewah.
a. A Kolarian people of the Chota Nagpur area of India; also, a member of this people.
b. Their language. Also attrib. or as adj.
1865E. T. Dalton in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XXXIV. ii. 29 The Khairwars.., Korewahs and Coles number from 5000 to 7000 each. Ibid. 18 The Korewah iron..is greatly prized. 1872― Descr. Ethnol. Bengal v. 125 Not one of them would acknowledge that he could speak a word of Korwa. 1875Watson & Kaye People of India VIII. 424 Korwas..are basket makers by profession... Korwas are evidently descended from an aboriginal stock, and are hardly recognized as Hindoos... Korwa dacoits do not intermarry with Korwa burglars. 1906G. A. Grierson Ling. Survey India IV. 148 The most idiomatic Korwā is spoken in Jashpur and Sarguja, in the south of Palamau, and in Mirzapur. Ibid. 149 Remarks on Korwā grammar which follow. 1908H. H. Risley People of India i. 44 Among the large groups..the Korwa (74·4) are just included in the long-headed division. 1923R. B. Dixon Racial Hist. Man iii. i. 259 Groups of ‘casteless’ aboriginal peoples, such as the Munda, Korwa, Malé. 1950R. K. Deshpande in A. V. Thakkar Tribes India 112 The Korwa Language has much affinity with that of the Korkus of the Mahadoo hills. 1957G. S. Ghurye Mahadev Kolis i. 6 The Korwas and the Korkus..have a better claim to relationship with the Koris. But the Korwa,..and the Korku are..assigned to the Kol or the Kolarian ethnic stock. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 227 The languages in question are..Koda (35,000) and Korwa (25,000). |