Ollari language explained

Ollari
Nativename:	ఒల్లరి
Also Known As:	Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas
Speakers:	15,000 Ollari
Date:	2002; 2000
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Dravidian
Fam2:	Central
Fam3:	Parji–Gadaba
Iso3:	gdb
Script:	Telugu script
Glotto:	pott1240
Glottoname:	Pottangi Ollar Gadaba

The Ollari language (also known as Pottangi Ollar Gadaba, Ollar Gadaba, Ollaro, Hallari, Allar, Hollar Gadbas) is a Central Dravidian language. A closely related variety is Kondekor (also known as Gadaba, San Gadaba, Gadba, Sano, Kondekar, Kondkor, Konḍekor Gadaba, Mudhili Gadaba). The two have been treated either as dialects, or as separate languages. They are spoken in and around Pottangi, Koraput district, Orissa and in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.

Phonology

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short	long	short	long	short	long
Front	Central		Back
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/

There are some nasalized vowels with rare occurrence.

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Consonants
	Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/		(pronounced as /ink/)	pronounced as /ink/
Plosive	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Plosive	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Affricate		pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Affricate		pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Fricative		pronounced as /ink/
Fricative		pronounced as /ink/
Approximant	pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/
Approximant		pronounced as /ink/
Rhotic		pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/