Bori language
| Bori | |
|---|---|
| Bori-Karko | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included under Adi [adi]) |
| Glottolog | bori1243 |
| ELP | Bori |
 Bori is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Bori is a Tani language of India. Bori is spoken in Payum Circle, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Megu 1988).
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ngo | ngolu |
| 2 | no | nolu |
| 3 | bí | bulu |
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