Vaagri Booli language
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| Vaaghri Boli | |
|---|---|
| Hakkipikki/Narikuravar/Nakkala/Pittalollu | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra |
| Ethnicity | 12,000 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 9,300 (2007)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Tamil script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vaa |
| Glottolog | vaag1238 |
Vaaghri Boli is an unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of southern India. It is not closely related to Hindi or Marathi. Hakkipikki, Nakkala, Pittalollu and other local names for the people mean 'bird catchers'.
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Dental/ | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive/ | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | cç | k |
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | ɟʝ | g | |
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ç | |||
| voiced | v | z | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | l | ɭ | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | ||
| Close | i | iː | ɨ | u | uː |
| Near-close | ɪ̃ | ʊ̃ | |||
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | |
| Near-open | æ̞̃ | ||||
| Open | a | aː | |||
References
[edit]- 1 2 Vaaghri Boli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 Srinivasa Varma, Govindaswamy (1970). Vaagri Boli: An Indo-Aryan Language. Annamalai University.