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(Redirected from Maria language (India)) Dravidian language spoken in India Not to be confused with another Dravidian language, Muria language.

Maria
Madiya
Native to	India
Native speakers	365,000 (2000)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondi languages Maria
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `mrr` – Garhchiroli Maria `daq` – Dandami Maria
Glottolog	`mari1414` Maria `dand1238` Dandami Maria

Madiya or Maria is a Dravidian language spoken in India. It may be regarded as a dialect of Gondi, but is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with most other Gondi varieties.

Phonology

Phonology of Abhuj Maria:

Consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	ʈ		k
Plosive	voiced	b	d	ɖ		g
Affricate	voiceless				t͡ʃ
Affricate	voiced				d͡ʒ
Fricative			s
Nasal		m	n		ɲ
Approximant		w	l	ɽ	j
Trill			r

Hill Maria has 3 additional consonants: a glottal stop /ʔ/, a retroflex nasal /ɳ/, and a uvular fricative /ʁ/.

In 2019, a former professor published the first book in the Madiya language.

Garhchiroli Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Dandami Maria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. pp. 25. ISBN 9780521771115.
"First book on Madiya language released in city". 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2023-07-04.

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Toda-Kota

Kodagu

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Sankethi Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Jeseri Arabi Malayalam (Mappila Malayalam) Byari Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

Tulu-Koraga

Others

South-Central

Gondi-Kui

Gondi	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
Konda-Kui	Konda Kui Kuvi Manda Pengo

Central

Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
Parji–Gadaba	Duruwa Kondekor Ollari

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

Union-level

Classical	Assamese Bengali Kannada Malayalam Marathi Odia Sanskrit Tamil Telugu
Non-classical	Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Meitei (Manipuri) Nepali Punjabi Santali Sindhi Urdu

State-level only

Over 1 million speakers	Awadhi Bagheli Bagri Bajjika Bhili Bundeli Dhundhari Garhwali Gondi Harauti Haryanvi Kangri Khandeshi Kumaoni Lambadi Malvi Marwari Mewari Nimadi Rajasthani Surjapuri Tulu Wagdi Varhadi
100,000 – 1 million speakers	Adi Angami Ao Badaga Dimasa Halbi Karbi Khotta Kodava Kolami Konyak Korku Koya Kui Kuvi Ladakhi Lotha Malto Mising Nishi Phom Rabha Sema Sora Tangkhul Thadou

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