Kondekor language
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| Kondekor | |
|---|---|
| Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba | |
| కొండెకొర్ | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 8,000 Kondekor (2002; 2000)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Telugu script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gau |
| Glottolog | mudh1235 Mudhili Gadaba |
| ELP | Mudhili Gadaba |
| Mudhili Gadaba | |
The Kondekor language (IPA: [koɳɖekoːr] (also known as Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba) is a Central Dravidian language. A closely related variety is Ollari (also known as Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas). The two have been treated either as dialects, or as separate languages.[2] They are spoken in and around Pottangi, Koraput district, Odisha and in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| High | i | iː | u | uː | ||
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
- There are some nasalized vowels with rare occurrence.
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɳ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | t͡ʃ | k |
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | d͡ʒ | ɡ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ||||
| voiced | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | j | |||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
References
- ^ Kondekor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Krishnamurti (2003), p. 26.
- ^ a b Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 85, 87
Sources
- Krishnamurti, B. (2003), The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8 ISBN 0-521-77111-0
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