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Preferred term

adlGalo  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Gallong or Galo language is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Tani group, spoken by the Galo people. Its precise position within Tani is not yet certain, due primarily to its central location in the Tani area and the strong effects of intra-Tani contacts on the development of Tani languages. It is an endangered language according to the normal definitions, although prospects for its survival are better than most similarly-placed languages in the world. The major Galo dialects are Pugo, spoken around the district capital Aalo, Lare, spoken to the south of Aaloo, and a dialect provisionally describable as "North-Western", spoken in the North-West near the Tagin area. There may be additional Galo dialects further to the North, which remains largely un-researched. Subdialects are numerous, and often correspond to regional or clan groupings. Neighbouring languages include Assamese, Nepali, Bodo, Mising, Minyong, Hills Miri, Tagin, Nishi, Bori, Pailibo, Ramo and Bokar.

Entry terms

  • Gallong language

ISO 639-3 code

  • adl

Notation

  • adl

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/adl

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