Madiya language

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Maria
Madiya
Native toIndia
Native speakers
(365,000 cited 2000)[1]
Dravidian
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mrr – Garhchiroli Maria
daq – Dandami Maria
Glottologmari1414  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]

Consonants
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

  1. Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25. ISBN 9780521771115.
  3. "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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