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KORKUS , an aboriginal tribe of See also:

India, dwelling on the See also:Satpura hills in the Central Provinces. They are of See also:interest as being the westernmost representatives of the Munda See also:family of speech. They are rapidly becoming hinduized, as may be gathered from the figures of the See also:census of 1901, which show 140,000 Korkus by See also:race. but only 88,000 speakers of the Kerku See also:language.

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