Adi, Galo

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
adl
Alternate Names
Adi, Adi-Gallong, Adi-Galo, Gallong, Galong
Autonym
Galo
User 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.

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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.