Manna-Dora language

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Manna-Dora
Native to India
Region Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Ethnicity30,000 (no date) [1]
Native speakers
18,000 (2011) [1]
Dravidian
  • South-Central
Telugu alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mju
Glottolog mann1245

Manna-Dora is either a nearly extinct Dravidian language closely related to Telugu, or a dialect of Telugu. [1] It is spoken by the eponymous Scheduled Tribe in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Manna-Dora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 21–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.