Madiya language
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Dravidian language spoken in India
Not to be confused with another Dravidian language, Muria language.
| Maria | |
|---|---|
| Madiya | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | (365,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mrr – Garhchiroli Mariadaq – Dandami Maria |
| Glottolog | mari1414 Mariadand1238 Dandami Maria |
Madiya or Maria is a Dravidian language spoken in India. It may be regarded as a dialect of Gondi, but is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with most other Gondi varieties.[2]
Phonology
[edit ]Phonology of Abhuj Maria:[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | g | |
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ | |||
| voiced | d͡ʒ | ||||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Approximant | w | l | ɽ | j | |
| Trill | r | ||||
Hill Maria has 3 additional consonants: a glottal stop /ʔ/, a retroflex nasal /ɳ/, and a uvular fricative /ʁ/.[2]
In 2019, a former professor published the first book in the Madiya language.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ a b c Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages . Oxford University Press. pp. 25. ISBN 9780521771115.
- ^ "First book on Madiya language released in city". 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2021年06月07日. Retrieved 2023年07月04日.
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