Bori language
Bori is a Tani language of India. Bori is spoken in Payum Circle, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Megu 1988).
Bori | |
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Bori-Karko | |
Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
Sino-Tibetan
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ISO 639-3 | (included under Adi [adi]) |
Glottolog | bori1243 |
ELP | |
![]() Bori is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Bori is spoken by the Bori, an indigenous tribal people of India.
Post (2013)[1] and Ethnologue classify Karko as a variety of Bori.[2]
Phonology
Megu (1988) defines the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:[3]
Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Palatal | Velar/Glottal | ||
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Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | c | k |
Voiced | b | d | g | ||
Fricative | s | h | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɳ <ny> | ŋ <ng> | |
Trill | r~ɹ <r> | ||||
Approximant | j <y> | ||||
Lateral Approximant | l |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | ||
Open-mid | ɔ | ||
Open | a, a: |
Grammar
Plurality is expressed by adding the auxiliary kídíng after the noun. Nouns have no inherent gender, but animals of a specific sex can be marked by two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine. The masculine is marked by the -bo suffix and the feminine is marked by the -né suffix. The word order is SOV.
Four cases are marked by a suffix on the noun. These are the locative, accusative, instrumental, and dative. The habitual aspect is marked by -do and the continuous aspect is marked by -dung. -la and -toka are imperative suffixes. -la can also be used for the interrogative.
Personal pronouns denote three persons and two numbers.[3]
Person | Singular | Plural |
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1 | ngo | ngolu |
2 | no | nolu |
3 | bí | bulu |
References
- Mark W. Post. 2013. 'The defoliation of the Tani Stammbaum: A positive-minded exercise in contact linguistics.' Paper presented at the 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Australian National University, Sep. 9-10.
- Adi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Megu, Arak (1988). Bori Phrase Book. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
Sources
- Megu, Arak. 1993. The Karkos and Their Language. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.