Koda (কোড়া)

Koda language is member of the North Munda branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken by about 47,000 Kora people mainly in the state of West Bengal in the northwest of India, particularly in the districts of Paschim Medinipur and Bankura. There are also speakers of Koda in the neighbouring states of Odisja and Jharkhad, and in the Puthia, Mohonpur and Mundumala areas of the Rajshahi Division in the northwest of Bangladesh.

Koda is also known as Koɖa, Kora, Kaora, Korali, Korati, Kore, Mudi or Mudikora. It is considered endangered, as younger Kora people are shifting to Bengali, particularly in Bangladesh.

Koda is normally written with the Bengali script. A new script for Koda, called Nag Chiki, was created in 2012 by Dinesh Mudi, a Koda linguist from in West Bengal in India.

Bengali alphabet for Koda

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Sample text

যত হড় ফুরগাল লেকা সমান মরজাদাতে হেৎদ অধিকার ইদি কাতেৎ জানামা কানা । আকু-আ বিবেক হেৎদ বুদধি মেনা-আ এনখান যতচ্ গেদ হানি আয়া-আ নাতিরাং বক বয়হা মনে ভাবা কাতেৎ বেভার করাগে উচিত্ তানা ।

Transliteration

Jôtô hôṛô phurgāl lekā sômān môrjādāte hetd ôdhikār idi kātet jānāmā kānā. Āku-ā bibek hetd buddhi menā-ā enkhān jôtôc ged hāni āyā-ā nātirāṅ bôk bôyhā mône bhābā katet bebhār kôrāge ucit tānā.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Details provided by Biswajit Mandal

Sample Videos

Information about Koda | Nag Chiki alphabet for Koda

Links

Information about Koda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koda_language
https://www.elalliance.org/languages/koda

Munda languages

Bhumij, Gadaba, Ho, Juang, Kharia, Koda, Korku, Mundari, Santali, Sora

Languages written with the Eastern Nagari (Bengali) alphabet

Atong, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Bodo, Bhumij, Chittagonian, Garo, Hajong, Karbi, Kharia, Khasi, Koch, Koda, Kokborok, Kurmali, Malto, Manipuri, Mundari, Noakhailla, Rangpuri, Sadri, Santali, Sylheti, Toto, Tanchangya

Page created: 29.08.24. Last modified: 29.08.24

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