Maria (India)
Maria (India) is a Dravidian language spoken in India, by about 134 thousand people.
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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.
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Words in Maria (India)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mane* | |
| name | pader* | |
| eye | kan* | |
| ear | keu* | |
| nose | mosor* | |
| tooth | pal* | |
| hand | kay* | |
| blood | nettur* | |
| skin | tol* | |
| knee | gutkal* | |
| breast | bommo* | |
| liver | tandki* | |
| water | er* | |
| fire | kis* | |
| sun | podd* | |
| star | uka* | |
| stone | kal* | |
| mountain | matta* | |
| tree | mara* | |
| leaf | ak* | |
| night | narka* | |
| dog | nai* | |
| fish | min* | |
| louse | ir* | |
| one | wondi* | |
| two | rend* | |
| I | nan* | |
| you | nimma* | |
| we | mat* | |
| drink | un* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Dandami MariaDravidian70% alike
- Aheri GondiDravidian62% alike
- GondiDravidian52% alike
- Far Western MuriaDravidian51% alike
- Eastern MuriaDravidian51% alike
- Western MuriaDravidian48% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mari1414 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mrr