Madiya language
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.[4]
| Maria | |
|---|---|
| Madiya | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 365,000 (2000)[1] |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mrr – Garhchiroli Mariadaq – Dandami Maria |
| Glottolog | mari1414 Maria[2]dand1238 Dandami Maria[3] |
Phonology
Phonology of Abhuj Maria:[4]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | 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 an uvular trill (ʀ).[4]
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References
- Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maria (India)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Dandami Maria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25.
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