Manna-Dora language

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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.[3]

Manna-Dora
Native toIndia
RegionAndhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Ethnicity30,000 (no date)[1]
Native speakers
18,000 (2011)[1]
Telugu alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3mju
Glottologmann1245

References

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  1. ^ a b c Manna-Dora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ Zvelebil (1990), p. 57.
  3. ^ "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 21–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

Sources

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  • Zvelebil, Kamil (1990), Dravidian Linguistics: An Introduction, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, ISBN 978-81-8545-201-2