Koraga language
| Koraga | |
|---|---|
| ಕೊರಗ | |
| Native to | India |
| Ethnicity | Koraga |
Native speakers | 45-50 (2018)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Kannada script,Malayalam script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kfd– Korra Koragavmd– Mudu Koraga |
| Glottolog | kora1289 |
Koraga(also renderedKoragar, Koragara, Korangi)is aDravidian languagespoken by theKoraga people,aScheduled tribepeople ofDakshina Kannada,Karnataka,andKeralain South WestIndia.The dialect spoken by the Koraga tribe in Kerala, Mudu Koraga, is divergent enough to not be intelligible with Korra Koraga.[2]
Classification
[edit]Koraga is a member of theDravidianfamily of languages.[3][4]It is further classified into the Southern Dravidian family. Koraga is a spoken language and generally not written, whenever it is written it makes use of Kannada script. Koraga people are generally conversant inTulu[5]andKannadalanguages and hence use those languages as a medium for producing literature.
Dialects
[edit]According to Bhat, there are 4 dialects:[2]
- Onti(spoken inUdupi)
- Tappu(inHebri)
- Mudu(inKundapura)
- Ande(midway betweentappuandontiand inMangalore)
All the speakers who speakMududialect are bilingual with Kannada language and all speakingontidialect are bilingual with Tulu language.[2]This has resulted a strong influence of Kannada on Mudu koraga and also similar influence of Tulu is seen on onti koraga dialect.[6]Majority of negative forms of onti koraga language are borrowed from Tulu language.[7]
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| High | i | iː | ɨ | u | uː | |
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | c | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɟ | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | j | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^"Gondi, Walmiki, Malhar, Korga: Mother tongues India risks losing".Hindustan Times.4 May 2018.Retrieved2 January2021.
- ^abcBhat (1971),p. 2.
- ^Fairservis, Walter Ashlin (1997).The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing: A Model for the Decipherment of the Indus Script.Asian Studies. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 16.ISBN978-90-04-09066-8.
- ^Stassen, Leon (1997).Intransitive Predication.Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory.Oxford University Press.p. 220.ISBN978-0-19-925893-2.
- ^Bhat (1971),p. 4.
- ^Bhat (1971),pp. 2, 4.
- ^Bhat (1971),p. 45.
- ^abKrishnamurti (2003),p. 68.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bhat, D. N. Shankara (1971).The Koraga Language.Pune: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003).The Dravidian Languages.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-77111-5.
External links
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