Muria language

Muria
Native to	India
Native speakers	15,864 (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondi languages Muria; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; emu – Eastern Muria; mut – Western Muria; fmu – Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor)
Glottolog	east2340 Eastern; west2408 Western; farw1235 Far Western

Short description: Dravidian language spoken in India

Muria is a Dravidian language spoken in India . Three varieties have mutual intelligibility.^{[citation needed]} It is sometimes confused with the Madiya language. It is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with northern Gondi dialects.^[5]

Phonology

Muria has 10 vowels and 21 consonants.^[6]

Consonants
		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n			ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪		ʈ	t͡ʃ	k
Stop	voiced	b	d̪		ɖ	d͡ʒ	g
Fricative				s				h
Tap or Flap				ɾ	ɽ
Approximant		ʋ		l	ɭ	j

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

References

↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Eastern Muria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/east2340.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Western Muria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/west2408.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Far Western Muria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/farw1235.
↑ Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25. https://archive.org/details/dravidianlanguag00kris.
↑ Matthew, Thomas; Matthew, Rincy (2013). "Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor Boli) Phonology Summary". SIL International. http://www-01.sil.org/silepubs/Pubs/928474552380/LCDD_21_Mathew_Far_West_Muria_Phonology_Summary%20.pdf.

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Eastern Muria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/east2340.

[Glottolog2-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Western Muria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/west2408.

[Glottolog3-4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Far Western Muria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/farw1235.

[5] Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25. https://archive.org/details/dravidianlanguag00kris.

[6] Matthew, Thomas; Matthew, Rincy (2013). "Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor Boli) Phonology Summary". SIL International. http://www-01.sil.org/silepubs/Pubs/928474552380/LCDD_21_Mathew_Far_West_Muria_Phonology_Summary%20.pdf.

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Muria
Native to	India
Native speakers	15,864 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondi languages Muria
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `emu` – Eastern Muria `mut` – Western Muria `fmu` – Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor)
Glottolog	`east2340` Eastern^[2] `west2408` Western^[3] `farw1235` Far Western^[4]

Muria language

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