Koda language

Koda
Koda
কোডা
Native to	India, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	2.5 lakh Kora
Native speakers	47,268 (2011 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda North Kherwarian Mundaric Koda; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cdz
Glottolog	koda1236
ELP	Koda

Koda, also known as Kora, Kaora, Korali, Korati, Kore, Mudi, or Mudikora,^[2] is an endangered Munda language of India and Bangladesh spoken by the Kora. The Kora mainly live in West Bengal, in the districts of Paschim Medinipur and Bankura, with a few in neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand. In 2005, there were 1,300 speakers in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh, though many said that Bengali was their best language. Koda is closely related to the Kol language.

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Kim et al. (2010)^[3] considers Koda and Kol to be Mundari cluster languages. Koda-speaking villages include Kundang and Krishnupur in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, while Kol villages include Babudaing village.

Koda verbs are inflected for tense-aspect-mood and person, number, finite/infinite, subject/object, possessor, animacy and transitivity. In recent times Koda is code-mixing with Bangla: including vocabulary replacement and greater adoption of Bengali syntax. These processes are seen more in younger speakers.^[4]

Shamim (2021)^[5] presents a description of the phonology and morphology of Koda. It also presents a study of Koda in the context of language contact.

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			Bilabial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	unaspirated	p	t̪	ʈ	c	k	ʔ
	voiceless	aspirated	(pʰ)	(t̪ʰ)	(ʈʰ)	(cʰ)	(kʰ)
	voiced	unaspirated	b	d̪	ɖ	ɟ	g
	voiced	aspirated	(bʱ)	(d̪ʱ)	(ɖʱ)	(ɟʱ)	(gʱ)
Fricative						ʃ		h
Nasal			m	n			ŋ
Tap				ɾ
Approximant				l

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	ɛ	ɔ
Open		ɑ

Koda language

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