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Kondekor language

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Central Dravidian language spoken in India
Kondekor
Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba
కొండెకొర్
Native toIndia
Native speakers8,000 Kondekor (2002; 2000)
Language familyDravidian
  • Central
    • Parji–Gadaba
      • Kondekor
Writing systemTelugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gau
Glottologmudh1235  Mudhili Gadaba
ELPMudhili Gadaba
 Mudhili Gadaba

The Kondekor language (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. They are spoken in and around Pottangi, Koraput district, Orissa and in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Phonology

Vowels
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
  • There are some nasalized vowels with rare occurrence.
Consonants
Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m ɳ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p ʈ t͡ʃ k
voiced b ɖ d͡ʒ ɡ
Fricative voiceless s
voiced
Approximant ʋ l j
Rhotic r

References

  1. Kondekor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Mudhili Gadaba.
  3. Krishnamurti (2003), p. 26.
  4. ^ Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 85, 87

Sources

Dravidian languages
South
Tamil–Kannada
Kannada
- Badaga
Kannadoid
Toda-Kota
  • Toda
  • Kota
  • Kodagu
    Irula
    Tamil -
    Malayalam
    Tamiloid
    Malayalamoid
    Tulu-Koraga
    Others
    South-Central
    Teluguic
    Gondi-Kui
    Gondi
    Konda-Kui
    Central
    Kolami-Naiki
    Parji–Gadaba
    North
    Kurukh-Malto
    Proto-languages
    Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)


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