Toda
Toda is a Dravidian language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Toda (Toda: [t̪od͡z]) is a indigenous Dravidian language, spoken by the Toda people, who live in the Nilgiri Hills of South India. It is noted for its fricatives and trills. The language is considered to have originated from the Toda-Kota subgroup of South Dravidian. Linguist Bhadriraju Krishnamurti does not consider the existence of a single Toda-Kota branch and says Kota split first and Toda later as Kota doesn't have the centralized vowels of other Tamil-Toda languages.
From Wikipedia · Toda language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Toda
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kinnud3* | |
| name | per* | |
| eye | kan* | |
| ear | kili* | |
| nose | mittup* | |
| tooth | parse* | |
| tongue | nof* | |
| hand | koi* | |
| blood | pok3* | |
| bone | elf* | |
| skin | turs* | |
| knee | mutti* | |
| breast | nijikudi* | |
| liver | kudal* | |
| water | நீர் | nīr |
| fire | titt3* | |
| sun | suriyan* | |
| star | natCatiram* | |
| stone | kars* | |
| mountain | titt3* | |
| tree | men* | |
| leaf | ers* | |
| night | ekkad3* | |
| dog | noi* | |
| fish | min* | |
| louse | irs* | |
| one | utt3* | |
| two | ed3* | |
| I | on* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kota (India)Dravidian32% alike
- UllatanDravidian29% alike
- Urali of IdukkiDravidian27% alike
- Attapady KurumbaDravidian26% alike
- PaliyanDravidian26% alike
- KadarDravidian25% alike
Grammar
- KadarDravidian90% alike
- MalavedanDravidian90% alike
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan89% alike
- Sangtam NagaSino-Tibetan89% alike
- ChenchuDravidian88% alike
- BugunSino-Tibetan88% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · toda1252 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tcx