Desia language
Indo-Aryan language variety of India
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Desia,[1] also known as Desiya, Kotia,[2] Adivasi Odia[2], Desia Odia or Koraputia,[3] is an Indo-Aryan language variety, spoken in Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Malkangiri districts Odisha and in the hilly regions of Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh.[4] The variant spoken in Koraput is called Koraputia.[3]
| Desia | |
|---|---|
| Desiya, Desia Odia, Kotia, Adivasi Odia, Koraputia | |
| ଦେଶିଆ | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Odisha (Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Nabarangpur) & Andhra Pradesh ( Vizianagaram District, Alluri Sitharama Raju district , Visakhapatnam District, Anakapalli district) |
| Ethnicity | Odias |
Native speakers | 230,000 (2011 census) |
| Odia | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:dso – Desiyaort – Adivasi Oriya |
| Glottolog | adiv1239 |
Desia Odia serves as the lingua franca among the different ethnic groups in the area[5] and is the major regional tribal-non-tribal dialect continuum of the undivided Koraput district of the Southwestern Odisha region.[6][7][8][9][10]
Phonology
Desia language has 19 consonant phonemes, 2 semivowel phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes.[11]
There are no long vowels in Desia just like Standard Odia.
Desia shows the loss of retroflex consonant like voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] (ଳ) which are present in Standard Odia, and a limited usage of retroflex unaspirated nasal (voiced retroflex nasal) ɳ (ଣ).[12]