Gorum language
| Parengi | |
|---|---|
| Gorum | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Odisha, Andhra Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | 9,445 in Odisha (2011 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 20 (2011)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pcj |
| Glottolog | pare1266 |
| ELP | Gorum |
Gorum, or Parengi, is a nearly-extinct minor Munda language of India.
Names
The name Gorum most likely comes from an animal/people prefix go- and root -rum meaning 'people', and is possibly related to the ethnonym Remo (Anderson 2008:381).
Parengi, or Parenga, is of obscure origin.
Status
Gorum is 60% endangered, it is very likely that it might soon be extinct majority of the people under 30 years cannot understand the language. In addition those who know it are likely to deny knowing it.[3] This language seems to have been first researched in 1933, that being the earliest scholarly reference.[4]
Origins
While Gorum is a member of the Munda family, it has taken some things from Dravidian, a language spoken nearby. For example, they tend to doubly inflect on certain types of AVC structures. Another derivation from the Munda language is the use of some Glottals being "creeky voiced"[5]
Distribution
Gorum speakers are located in the following areas of eastern India (Anderson 2008:381).
- Koraput district, Odisha: the former Nandapur and Pottangi taluks
- Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh: Munchingput block
Gutob is spoken to the north of Gorum, and Gta to the west of Gorum.
References
- ^ Parenga at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4953 Endangered Language Project
- ^ Sitapati, G.V. 1933. “Pareng.” A Miscellany of Papers Presented to Rao Sahib Mahopadhyaya Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthi. Madras. 145-65
- ^ Anderson, Gregory D.S. & Felix Rau. 2008. “Gorum.” In: Gregory D.S. Anderson
- Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed). 2008. The Munda languages. Routledge Language Family Series 3.New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32890-X.
External links
- Endangered Language Project Database
- World Language Movies
- Opino Gomango on Sora language
- Bibliography on the Gorum language
- Gorum Dictionary