Gutob language
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| Gutob | ||
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| Spoken in: | India (Orissa, Andhra Pradesh) | |
| Total speakers: | 8,000 (2000) | |
| Language family: | Austro-Asiatic Munda South Munda Koraput Munda Gutob |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | gbj | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Gutob or Bodo Gadaba language is a Munda language of India, with the greatest concentrations of speakers being found in Koraput district of Orissa and Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is also known simply as the Gadaba language, but it is different from the Dravidian Gadaba language. Other names for the Bodo Gadaba language include Gadba, Gutop, Gudwa, Godwa, Gadwa, and Boi Gadaba.
[edit] Classification
The Gutob language belongs to the South Munda subgroup of the Munda branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family. It is most closely related to the Bondo language.[1]
[edit] Prospects
The Gutob language is considered to be either endangered or moribund, due in part to a couple of hydroelectric projects that have displaced Gutob people from their traditional villages and forced them to live as minorities in primarily Desiya-speaking villages.[2]
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