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Madiya language

Dravidian language spoken in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ27602 ↗
Source-derived summary

Madiya or Maria (IPA: [mɐɽijɐ]) 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.

Phonology

Phonology of Abhuj Maria:

Hill Maria has 3 additional consonants: a glottal stop /ʔ/, a retroflex nasal /ɳ/, and a uvular fricative /ʁ/.

In 2019, a former professor published the first book in the Madiya language.

References

Further reading

Natarajan, G. V. (1981). A descriptive grammer of abujhmaria (PhD). University of Mysore. hdl:10603/91945.

Pandey, Keshinath (1979). A Grammar of Dandami Maria (PhD).

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