Rodiya dialect explained

Rodiya
Ethnicity:Rodiya
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Southern Zone
Fam5:Insular Indo-Aryan
Fam6:Sinhala
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:rodi1239

Rodiya is a dialect of the Sinhalese language spoken by members of the Rodiya community of Sri Lanka. Speakers are considered to be low-caste among the Sinhalese people.

Examples of Rodiya words:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Gunasekara, A comprehensive grammar of the Sinhalese language (1891), pag. 384