Dialects: Borail Sadri, Mokkan Tila Sadri, Nurpur Sadri, Uchai Sadri. Dialects may need separate literature. Inherent intelligibility of 7 Sadri varieties on Borail ranges from 70%–93%; of 8 varieties on Nurpur from 78%–94%. Lexical similarity: 88%–97% with 14 Sadri varieties with the Borail Sadri dialect.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 166,000 (2000).
Language Use: Vigorous but some educated people do not use Oraon with their children. All ages. Low proficiency in Bengali [ben].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Bangladesh Oraon Foundation has committed to language maintenance. NT: 2003.
Writing System: Bengali, Latin
Nation of Origin: Bangladesh
Other Comments: The Oraon people came from India over 100 years ago. Sometime in the past some Oraon shifted from Kurux ,, a Dravidian language, to Sadri, which is Indo-Aryan. Some Oraon people still speak Kurux. Traditional religion, Hindu.