Toda language
E741381
The Toda language is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Toda people of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, known for its highly inflected grammar and endangered status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toda language canonical | 5 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kannada language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kodagu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kota language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangerment | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Toda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCase |
ablative
ⓘ
accusative ⓘ dative ⓘ genitive ⓘ instrumental ⓘ locative ⓘ nominative ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex phonology ⓘ contrastive vowel length ⓘ highly inflected grammar ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ rich case system ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalGender |
feminine
ⓘ
masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ |
| hasNumber |
plural
ⓘ
singular ⓘ |
| hasPhoneme |
retroflex lateral
ⓘ
retroflex nasal ⓘ retroflex stop ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tcx ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Tamil–Kodagu subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | few hundred ⓘ |
| region | Southern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script |
Latin script
ⓘ
Tamil script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Nilgiri Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | South Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | head-final language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Toda community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Toda oral tradition
ⓘ
Toda rituals ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
Tamil alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.