Savara language

E144001

The Savara language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Sora (Savara) tribal communities in parts of eastern India, particularly in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

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Savara language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Munda language
language
alternativeName Kharia language
surface form: Saora language

Savara
Sora language
belongsTo South Munda subgroup
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution hilly and forested areas of eastern India
hasDialects various regional dialects
hasEthnicAssociation Sora people
hasMorphology suffixing morphology
hasOralLiterature legends
myths
traditional songs
hasPhonology contrastive nasalization
rich consonant inventory
hasSpeakerCommunity Sora villages in Andhra Pradesh
Sora villages in Odisha
hasStatus regional tribal language
ISO639-3 srb
languageBranch Munda peoples
surface form: South Munda
languageFamily Austroasiatic
languageSubfamily Munda
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
minorityLanguageIn Andhra Pradesh
Orissa
surface form: Odisha
region eastern India
script Latin script
Odia script
Telugu script
spokenBy Savara tribal communities
Sora people
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh
India
Orissa
surface form: Odisha
usedBy indigenous communities
usedFor daily communication within Sora communities
usedIn folklore
oral tradition
rituals
wordOrder SOV
writingSystemType alphabet

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Telugu script writingSystemFor Savara language