Gutob language

Gutob language

Infobox Language
name=Gutob
altname=Bodo Gadaba
speakers=8,000 (2000)
region=India (Orissa, Andhra Pradesh)
familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
fam1=Austro-Asiatic
fam2=Munda
fam3=South Munda
fam4=Koraput Munda
iso3=gbj

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.

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. [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gbj Ethnologue report on the Bodo Gadaba language] ]

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. [ [http://www.sil.org/asia/ldc/parallel_papers/herold_rajan.pdf "Literature development in minority language: Case study of Gutob-Gadaba Language Revitalization Project in India"] (in .pdf format)]

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