Muria language

Not to be confused with another Dravidian language, Madiya language.

Muria is a Dravidian language spoken in India. Three varieties have mutual intelligibility.^{[citation needed]} It is sometimes confused with the Madiya language. It is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with northern Gondi dialects.^[2]

Muria
Native to	India
Native speakers	15,864 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondi languages Muria
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: emu – Eastern Muria mut – Western Muria fmu – Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor)
Glottolog	east2340  Eastern west2408  Western farw1235  Far Western

Phonology

Muria has 10 vowels and 21 consonants.^[3]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n			ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪		ʈ	t͡ʃ	k
	voiced	b	d̪		ɖ	d͡ʒ	g
Fricative				s				h
Tap or Flap				ɾ	ɽ
Approximant		ʋ		l	ɭ	j

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː