Vaagri Booli language

Vaaghri Boli
Hakkipikki/Narikuravar/Nakkala/Pittalollu
Native toIndia
RegionTamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra
Ethnicity12,000 (2007)[1]
Native speakers
9,300 (2007)[1]
Indo-European
Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3vaa
Glottologvaag1238

Vaaghri Boli is an unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of southern India. It is not closely related to Hindi or Marathi. Hakkipikki, Nakkala, Pittalollu and other local names for the people mean 'bird catchers'.

Phonology

Vaaghri Boli consonants[2]
Labial Dental/

Alveolar

Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɳ ɲ ŋ
Plosive/

Affricate

voiceless p t̪ ʈ cç k
voiced b d̪ ɖ ɟʝ g
Fricative voiceless s ç
voiced v z
Trill r
Approximant l ɭ j
Vaaghri Boli vowels[2]
Front Central Back
short long short long
Close i iː ɨ u uː
Near-close ɪ̃ ʊ̃
Mid e eː o oː
Near-open æ̞̃
Open a aː

References

  1. ^ a b Vaaghri Boli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Srinivasa Varma, Govindaswamy (1970). Vaagri Boli: An Indo-Aryan Language. Annamalai University.
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