Muria language

Short description: Dravidian language spoken in India

Not to be confused with another Dravidian language, Madiya language.

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 {emu) is a Dravidian language spoken in India. Three varieties have mutual intelligibility. 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

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Nasal  | m |  | n |  |  | ŋ |
Stop  | voiceless | p | t̪ |  | ʈ | t͡ʃ | k |
voiced | b | d̪ |  | ɖ | d͡ʒ | g |
Fricative  |  |  | s |  |  |  | h
Tap or Flap  |  |  | ɾ | ɽ |  |  |
Approximant  | ʋ |  | l | ɭ | j |  |
Vowels  | Front  | Central  | Back

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short | long | short | long | short | long
High  | i | iː |  |  | u | uː
Mid  | e | eː |  |  | o | oː
Low  |  |  | a | aː |  |

## References

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.
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.
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.
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 .pdf.

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Dravidian languages

Southern|

| Tamil–Kannada|

| Kannada-Badaga|

* Badaga
* Holiya
* Kannada
* Urali

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Kodagu|

* Kodava
* Kurumba

Malayalam languages|

* Aranadan
* Beary
* Jeseri
* Kadar
* Malapandaram
* Malaryan
* Malavedan
* Malayalam
* Mullu Kurumba
* Paliyan
* Paniya
* Ravula

Tamil languages|

* Betta Kurumba
* Eravallan
* Irula
* Kaikadi
* Kanikkaran
* Muthuvan
* Sankethi
* Tamil
* Yerukala

Toda-Kota|

* Kota
* Toda

* Sholaga

Macro-Tulu|

* Bellari
* Koraga
* Kudiya
* Tulu

unclassified|

* Kalanadi
* Kumbaran
* Kunduvadi
* Kurichiya
* Kurumba, Attapady
* Mala Malasar
* Malasar
* Muduga
* Pathiya
* Thachanadan
* Ullatan
* Wayanad Chetti

South-Central|

* Gondi (Madiya
* Nagarchal)
* Kui
* Kuvi
* Konda
* Koya
* Manda
* Pengo
* Telugu

Central|

* Kolami
* Naiki
* Duruwa
* Ollari
* Kondekor

North|

* Brahui
* Kurukh
* Sauria Paharia
* Kumarbhag Paharia

Unclassified|

* Allar
* Bharia
* Kakkala
* Malankuravan
* Vishavan
* Pattapu

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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