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.[2]

Maria
Madiya
Native toIndia
Native speakers
365,000 (2000)[1]
Dravidian
  • South-Central
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mrr  Garhchiroli Maria
daq  Dandami Maria
Glottologmari1414  Maria
dand1238  Dandami Maria

Phonology

Phonology of Abhuj Maria:[2]

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).[2]

References

  1. Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25.
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