| Maria | |
|---|---|
| Madiya | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | (365,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mrr ā Garhchiroli Mariadaq ā Dandami Maria |
| Glottolog | mari1414 Mariadand1238 Dandami Maria |
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]
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Phonology of Abhuj Maria:[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | Ź | k | |
| voiced | b | d | É | g | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | tĶ”Ź | ||||
| voiced | dĶ”Ź | |||||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Approximant | w | l | ɽ | j | ||
| Trill | r | |||||
Hill Maria has 3 additional consonants: a glottal stop (Ź), a retroflex nasal (ɳ), and an uvular trill (Ź).[2]
In 2019, a former professor published the first book in the Madiya language.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ā 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25.
- ā https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/pune/first-book-madiya-language-released-city-37639