Gutob | |
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Bodo Gadaba | |
ଗଦବା | |
Native to | India |
Region | Odisha, Andhra Pradesh |
Ethnicity | Gadaba people |
Native speakers | 10-15,000 (2008)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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Odia script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gbj |
Glottolog | bodo1267 |
ELP | Gutob |
Gutob is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] |
The Gutob or Bodo Gadaba language is a south Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family of India, with the greatest concentrations of speakers being found in Koraput district of Odisha and Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is also known simply as the Gadaba language, but it is different from the Dravidian Gadaba language. Other names for the Bodo Gadaba language include Gadba, Gutop, Gudwa, Godwa, Gadwa, and Boi Gadaba.