Adi, Galo

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
adl
Alternate Names
Adi, Adi-Gallong, Adi-Galo, Gallong, Galo, Galong
Population

30,000. A few older adult monolinguals. 62,000 (2001 census); 150,000 to 250,000.

Location

Arunachal Pradesh, West Siang, East Siang, Dibang Valley (south), Lohit (east), Changlang (northeast), and some in Upper Subansiri (west) districts; Assam.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Tani
Dialects

Karka, Lare, Pugo. 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

Village, home. All ages. Nearly all speak some Hindi [hin] and Assamese [asm]. Hindi is used with the military. English [eng] is spoken by 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 programs. Grammar. NT: 2008.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Adi, Galo
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian.