ADL ISO 639-3
Adi, Galo
Galo Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- adl
- Alternate Names
- Adi, Adi-Gallong, Adi-Galo, Gallong, Galong
- Autonym
- Galo
- Population
- 29,200 (2011 census). A few older adult monolinguals.
- Location:
- Arunachal Pradesh state: west and east Siang, Dibang Valley (south), Lohit (east), Changlang (northeast), Upper Subansiri (west) districts; Assam state.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Tani
- Dialects
- Lare, Pugo, Karka. Lare is the main dialect and is accepted by all Galo.
- Typology
- SOV; postpositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals before and after noun heads; relatives after noun heads or without; question word initial; maximum prefixes 2, maximum suffixes 4–5; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; causatives and comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV patterns; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Home, community. Used by all. Most also use Assamese [asm]. Most also use Hindi [hin], especially with the military. Many also use English [eng], especially the educated and the young.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 60%. More men can read than women but more girls and women are learning. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2008.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Adi, Galo
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Buddhist, Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Arunachal Pradesh state: west and east Siang, Dibang Valley (south), Lohit (east), Changlang (northeast), Upper Subansiri (west) districts; Assam state.
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