| Muria | |
| States: | India |
| Speakers: | 15,864 |
| Date: | 2011 census |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Dravidian |
| Fam2: | South-Central |
| Fam3: | Gondi–Kui |
| Fam4: | Gondi languages |
| Lc1: | emu |
| Ld1: | Eastern Muria |
| Lc2: | mut |
| Ld2: | Western Muria |
| Lc3: | fmu |
| Ld3: | Far Western Muria (Gaita Koitor) |
| Glotto: | east2340 |
| Glottoname: | Eastern |
| Glottorefname: | Eastern Muria |
| Glotto2: | west2408 |
| Glottoname2: | Western |
| Glottorefname2: | Western Muria |
| Glotto3: | farw1235 |
| Glottoname3: | Far Western |
| Glottorefname3: | Far Western Muria |
Muria is a Dravidian language spoken in India. Three varieties have mutual intelligibility. It is sometimes confused with the Madiya language. It is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with northern Gondi dialects.[2]
Muria has 10 vowels and 21 consonants.[3]
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Tap or Flap | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | ||
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||