| Gutob | |
|---|---|
| Bodo Gadaba | |
| ଗଦବା | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Odisha,Andhra Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Gadaba people |
Native speakers | 10-15,000 (2008)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Odia script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gbj |
| Glottolog | bodo1267 |
| ELP | Gutob |
 Gutob is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
TheGutob orBodo Gadaba language is a southMunda language of theAustroasiatic language family ofIndia, with the greatest concentrations of speakers being found inKoraput district ofOdisha andVisakhapatnam district ofAndhra Pradesh. It is also known simply as theGadaba language, but it is different from theDravidianGadaba language. Other names for the Bodo Gadaba language includeGadba,Gutop,Gudwa,Godwa,Gadwa, andBoi Gadaba.
The Gutob language belongs to the South Munda subgroup of theMunda branch of theAustroasiatic language family. It is most closely related to theBondo language.[3]
Gutob is spoken across southernOdisha and adjacent districts of northernAndhra Pradesh, and is concentrated primarily in Lamptaput block,Koraput district, southernOdisha (Griffiths 2008:634). In recent centuries, Gutob speakers have also migrated to the plains of Andhra Pradesh as well asRayagada District, including near the town Majiguda (close to Kalyansinghpur) where they live alongside theDravidian-speakingKondhs.
Ethnologue reports the following locations.
The Gutob language is considered to be eitherendangered ormoribund, due in part to several hydroelectric projects that have displaced Gutob people from their traditional villages and forced them to live as minorities in primarilyDesiya-speaking villages. Anderson (2008) estimates the number of speakers at around 10 to 15,000, while the Asha Kiran society, which works in Koraput, estimates the number at less than 5,000. The 2011 census most likely counts Gutob and Ollari as the same language, since they are both called Gadaba by outsiders. Although Gutob-language education has been attempted, it has faced stiff resistance and most parents still want their children to learn Desiya only due to being in mixed villages.[4]
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