Madiya language
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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.[1]
Phonology
Phonology of Abhuj Maria:[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voicelessScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |
| voicedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | ||
| Affricate | voicelessScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link | ||||
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| Fricative | Template:IPA link | |||||
| Nasal | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |||
| Approximant | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | ||
| Trill | Template:IPA link | |||||
Hill Maria has 3 additional consonants: a glottal stop /ʔ/, a retroflex nasal /ɳ/, and a uvular fricative /ʁ/.[1]
In 2019, a former professor published the first book in the Madiya language.[2]