The Korku language is the language of the Korku tribe of central
India. It belongs to the Kolarian or Munda family, isolated in
the midst of a Dravidian (Gondi) population. The Korkus are also
closely associated with the Nihali people, many of whom have
traditionally lived in special quarters of Korku villages. Korku
is spoken by approximately 478,000 people, mainly in four
districts of southern Madhya Pradesh (Khandwa, Harda, Betul,
Hoshangabad) and three districts of northern Maharashtra (Rajura
and Korpana tahsils of Chandrapur district, Manikgarh pahad area
near Gadchandur in Chandrapur district) (Amravati, Buldana,
Akola). Korku is spoken in a declining number of villages and is
gradually being replaced by Hindi. Nouns may have either one of
the three genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter. Adjectives
are placed before the nouns they qualify. - Gordon, Raymond G.,
Jr. (ed.), Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition
2005 (online version). Further reading  - Nagaraja, K. S.
(1999). Korku lang