Manna-Dora language
| Manna-Dora | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu |
| Ethnicity | 30,000 (no date)[1] |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2011)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Telugu alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mju |
| Glottolog | mann1245 |
Manna-Dora is either a nearly extinct Dravidian language closely related to Telugu, or a dialect of Telugu.[1] It is spoken by the eponymous Scheduled Tribe in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Manna-Dora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Zvelebil (1990), p. 57.
- ^ "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 21–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Sources
- Zvelebil, Kamil (1990), Dravidian Linguistics: An Introduction, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, ISBN 978-81-8545-201-2