Kota language (India)
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| Kota | |
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| Kō mānt | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nilgiri Hills |
| Ethnicity | Kotas |
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Native speakers
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930 (2001 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfe |
| Glottolog | kota1263[2] |
Kota is a language of the Dravidian language family with about 900 native speakers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is spoken mainly by the tribal Kota people. In the late 19th century, the native speaking population was about 1,100.[3] In 1990, the population was only 930, out of an ethnic population of perhaps 1,400, despite the great increase in the population of the area.[1] The language is 'critically endangered' due to the greater social status of neighbouring languages.[4] The Kota language may have originated from Old Kannada and is closely related to Toda. The Kota population is about 2500. The origin of the name Kota is derived from the Dravida root word 'Ko' meaning Mountain.[5][6]
Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
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| Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪ | t | ʈ | c (t͡ʃ) | k |
| voiced | b | d̪ | d | ɖ | ɟ (d͡ʒ) | ɡ | |
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɳ | ɲ | |||
| Approximant | central | ʋ | j | ||||
| lateral | l | ɭ | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | ɽ | |||||
| Fricative | s | ||||||
[s] and [z] occur in free variation with /c (t͡ʃ)/ and /ɟ (d͡ʒ)/. [ʂ] occurs as an allophone of /s/ before retroflexes.
References
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- Emeneau, M.B. 1944. Kota Texts California: University of California Press.
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External links
- Olympic Song Practice Session in Kota Language & Style
- The hare in the moon and eclipses of the moon
- Kota Swedesh List
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Caldwell, Robert. 1875. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages. London: Trübner & Company
- ↑ Prema, S. n.d. "Status of Dravidian Tribal Languages in Kerala" University of Kerala
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