Madiya language

Maria
Madiya
Native to India
Native speakers
 365,000 (2000)[1]
Dravidian
  • South-Central
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
mrr – Garhchiroli Maria
daq – Dandami Maria
Glottolog mari1414  Maria[2]
dand1238  Dandami Maria[3]

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]

Phonology

Phonology of Abhuj Maria:[4]

Consonants
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]

References

  1. ↑ Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Dandami Maria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. 1 2 3 Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. p. 25.
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