Madiya language
Appearance
(Redirected from Abujmaria)
Maria | |
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Madiya | |
Native to | India |
Native speakers | 365,000 (2000)[1] |
Dravidian
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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 | ||
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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 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2023-07-04.