Ollari language
| Ollari | |
|---|---|
| Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 15,000 Ollari (2002; 2000)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Telugu script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gdb |
| Glottolog | pott1240 Pottangi Ollar Gadaba |
| ELP | Pottangi Ollar Gadaba |
The Ollari language (also known as Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas) is a
Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India
.
Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.
Phonology
| 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.
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪
|
(ɲ) | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪
|
ʈ | k | |
| voiced | b | d̪
|
ɖ | ɡ | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ||||
| voiced | z | |||||
| Approximant | central | ʋ | j | |||
| lateral | l
|
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| Rhotic | r, ɾ
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References
- ^ Ollari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Krishnamurti (2003), p. 26.
- ^ a b Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 85, 87
Sources
- ISBN 0-521-77111-0
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