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Manḍa is a Dravidian language of Odisha, spoken in the highlands of Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi district. It only became known to Western academia in 1964. Its speakers are generally known as 'Khond Parjas' by outsiders but self-identify as Manda Khonds. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the language was spoken in around 60 villages and the total number of speakers was estimated to be at 4000-5000. However the language is facing endangerment from Odia, which all speakers are bilingual in.
A dictionary of Manda was published in 2009.
Vocabulary
The following is a sample vocabulary:
aku (plural: akux) - grandfather
aḍra (plural: aḍraŋ) - cattle
igaro - eleven
uṭ - to feed liquid
ugeri (plural: ugeriŋ) - cooked rice
kat - to cut
kaṭ - to chew
ta:ŋg - to walk
beḍe - big
vendu:l (plural: vendu:liŋ) - tongue
References
^ Manda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Manda is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger