Explanation:

The West Bengal government has given an official status to Kurukh language in the state which has been listed as an endangered language by the UNESCO.

The language was given the official status on February 21 on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day.

About Language:

Kurukh language is a popular tribal language of eastern and central region of the country.

This Indian tribal language is also known as Kurux.

This language belongs to the Dravidian language group. Kurukh is mainly spoken by the Oraon 'Kurukh' tribe, which is a tribal (Adivasi) group of Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.

This tribal group is also found in the northern region of neighbouring country of Bangladesh.

This language  is also called as Oraon. Kurukh language that belongs to the Dravidian group of languages is further divided into northern Dravidian family of languages

Kurukh language is basically written in Devanagari script.

This script is used in writing several prominent languages like Hindi language, Marathi language, Sanskrit language and various other Indo-Aryan languages.

Kurukh tribal language is chiefly spoken by a huge number of people belonging to the Oraon and Kisan tribal communities.

However, in spite of the huge number of speakers of this language, it is still considered at a risk for extermination.

Government of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh has commenced Kurux language in those schools where there is a majority of the Oraon or Kurukhar students.

 Kurukh is being taught in several affiliated colleges and universities like for instance Ranchi University and Siddhu Kanhu University.