Kondekor
Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba
Native toIndia
Native speakers
8,000 Kondekor (2002; 2000)[1]
Dravidian
  • Central
    • Parji–Gadaba
      • Kondekor
Telugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gau
Glottologmudh1235  Mudhili Gadaba
ELPMudhili Gadaba
 Mudhili Gadaba[2]

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.[3] They are spoken in and around Pottangi, Koraput district, Orissa and in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Phonology

Vowels[4]
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː
Consonants[4]
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

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