Ollari language

Ollari
Ollari
Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas
Native to	India
Native speakers	15,000 Ollari (2002; 2000)
Language family	Dravidian Central Parji–Gadaba Ollari; ; ;
Writing system	Telugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gdb
Glottolog	pott1240 Pottangi Ollar Gadaba

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The Ollari language (also known as Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas) is a Central Dravidian language. A closely related variety is Kondekor (also known as Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba). The two have been treated either as dialects, or as separate languages.^[2] They are spoken in and around Pottangi, Koraput district, Orissa and in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.

Phonology[edit]

Vowels^[3]
	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

There are some nasalized vowels with rare occurrence.

Consonants^[3]
		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n̪		(ɲ)	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪	ʈ		k
Plosive	voiced	b	d̪	ɖ		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s		t͡ʃ
Affricate	voiced		d͡z		d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless		s
Fricative	voiced		z
Approximant	central	ʋ			j
Approximant	lateral		l
Rhotic			r, ɾ

References[edit]

↑ Ollari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Krishnamurti (2003), p. 26.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 85, 87

Sources[edit]

Krishnamurti, B. (2003), The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8 ISBN 0-521-77111-0

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[e18-1] Ollari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[FOOTNOTEKrishnamurti200326-2] Krishnamurti (2003), p. 26.

[bhk-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 85, 87

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