| Maria | |
|---|---|
| Madiya | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 365,000 (2000) [1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:
mrr – Garhchiroli Maria
daq – Dandami Maria |
| Glottolog |
mari1414 Maria
dand1238 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
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
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^
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 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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