36.846, Books: A Descriptive Grammar of Ollari Gadaba: Bapuji & Mohanty (2025)

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Date: 10-Mar-2025
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: A Descriptive Grammar of Ollari Gadaba: Bapuji & Mohanty (2025)


Title: A Descriptive Grammar of Ollari Gadaba
Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 518
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           https://lincom-shop.eu/
Book URL:
https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d/Products/%22ISBN%209783969390740%22

Author(s): Mendem Bapuji & Panchanan Mohanty

17x24 cm

Abstract:

Ollari Gadaba is a Central Dravidian language and has less than ten
thousand native speakers. The language has various other names such as
Gadaba, San Gadaba, Sanᴐ Gadaba, Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro,
Hallari, Allar, and Hollar Gadaba. There is another Gadaba language
called Gutob Gadaba that belongs to the Munda family of languages.
Speakers of both Ollari Gadaba and Gutob Gadaba are similar in culture
but different in linguistic affiliation. As a result, both the
languages are categorized under a common or generic name prevalent in
the respective areas.
The present work mainly focuses on the aspects of phonology,
morphology, basic syntax and convergence features of Ollari Gadaba. It
also highlights the ethno-linguistic background of the language and
discusses the convergence features i.e. how Munda and Indo-Aryan
languages have influenced this language at various levels. The grammar
is based on the field data collected from the native speakers of
Pottangi, Semiliguda and Nandapur blocks of the Koraput district. Due
to the influence of Odia the official language of the Odisha State,
this language has lost many lexical items and grammatical features and
this is dealt with detailed and ample examples.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Language Family(ies): Dravidian

Written In: English (eng)



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