Gutob language

Gutob
Bodo Gadaba
ଗଦବା
Native toIndia
RegionOdisha, Andhra Pradesh
EthnicityGadaba people
Native speakers
10-15,000 (2008)[1]
Austroasiatic
  • Munda
    • South
      • Gutob-Remo
        • Gutob
Odia script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gbj
Glottologbodo1267
ELPGutob
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.

  1. ^ Voß, Judith (2015-01-01). "Person markers in Gutob". Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics. 2 (2): 215–240. doi:10.1515/jsall-2015-0011. ISSN 2196-0771. S2CID 151570154.
  2. ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.