Ollari language

For other uses, see Gadaba (disambiguation).

Ollari
Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas
ఒల్లరి
Native to	India
Native speakers	15,000 Ollari (2002; 2000)
Language family	Dravidian Central Dravidian Parji–Gadaba Ollari
Writing system	Telugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gdb
Glottolog	pott1240  Pottangi Ollar Gadaba
ELP	Pottangi Ollar Gadaba

The Ollari language (IPA: [olːɐri], also known as Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas) is a Central Dravidian language. A closely related variety is Kondekor (also known as Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba). The two have been treated either as dialects, or as separate languages. They are spoken in and around Pottangi, Koraput district, Odisha and in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

• There are some nasalized vowels with rare occurrence.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n̪		(ɲ)	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪	ʈ		k
	voiced	b	d̪	ɖ		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s		t͡ʃ
	voiced		d͡z		d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless		s
	voiced		z
Approximant	median	ʋ			j
	lateral		l
Rhotic			r, ɾ

Sources

• Krishnamurti, B. (2003), The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8 ISBN 0-521-77111-0

Further reading

• Mendem Bapuji (2019). A descriptive grammar of Ollari Gadaba: An endangered Dravidian language (PhD). University of Hyderabad. hdl:10603/342759.