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Kolarian
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English
Pronunciation
en /kəʊˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/ RP
en /koʊˈlɛ.ɹi.ən/ GA
en ɛəɹiən 4
Noun
One of the Kol people.
en Tribal Roots of Hinduism Shiv Kumar Tiwari 2002 253 8176252999 Chanda (1969) strongly advocate that the 'Munda' was spoken language of the Kolarians. He also opines that some of Kolarians who were in contact with the Aryans and the Dravidians used Indo-Aryan and Dravidian dialects.
en Carpathia Tuathenia Aisline Earthstorm 2003 13 059526557X It is the Kolarian and Waryn that have attacked,” he said trembling.
en From Peking to Mandalay Reginald Fleming Johnston 2012 1108050492 The Kolarians seem to have entered India from the north-east—just as the Aryans afterwards entered it from the north-west—and extended themselves over vast areas from which they were subsequently driven by Dravidians and Aryans.
Proper noun
The language or language family spoken by the Kolarian people.
en Asian Review Demetrius Charles Boulger 1969 504 Neo-Indian has retained a few prepositions. Dravidian and Kolarian have none.
en Census of India, 1891 1893 Kol, Munda, and the dialects classed as "other Kolarian " are recorded almost solely from Sambalpur and the Uria States.
en The Cochin tribes and castes L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer (Diwan Bahadur) 1909 xxviii 3,000,000, held aloof from outside influences, retained their tribal usages and primitive religion, and may now be distinguished by their Kolarian speech.
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