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Discovery of 2 unknown languages
April 12 , 2018
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- Linguist from University of Hyderabad have discovered two endangered languages Walmiki and Malhar predominantly spoken in remote regions of Odisha.
- They were discovered by Professor Panchanan Mohanty as part of activity of Centre for Endangered Languages and Mother Tongue Studies.
- Walmiki is spoken in district of Koraput of Odisha and on bordering districts of Andhra Pradesh. It is an isolate language and does not belonged to particular family of languages.
- Malhar is spoken in a remote and isolated hamlet about 165 km away from Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Malhar belongs to “North Dravidian subgroup of Dravidian family of languages.
- It has close affinities with other North Dravidian languages like Malto and Kurux spoken in Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar.
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