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All these forms could be traced to PDr. *nint-(v)pp- (DED.3049).
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Subrahmanyam (1968 : 180) observed that the Gondi (Adilabad) suffix -h in ti-hi- ‘to feed’ (tt-DED. 2670(a)), to-h ‘to show (< PDr. *to:tt- DED.2942) and ni:-h ‘to fill’ (< PDr. *nitt-DED. 3049) must be the development of original *tt-.
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Besides the simple causative in Abujhmaria we find double causative (i.e., causative verb taking yet another causative suffix). At present we have no knowledge about this type of construction in other CDr. languages for comparative purposes.
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Some of the important grammatical features found in Abujhmaria that are comparable with other Gondi dialects are presented in Table-2.
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There are a few phonological features which sets this Abujhmaria as a distinct dialect from the other dialects of Gondi. Some of those features are:
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The voiced glottal fricative (transcribed as R) always corresponds to original Gondi alveolar r.
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e:r  e:R |
‘water’ |
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vo:r wo:R |
‘he’ |
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uma:r uma:R |
‘head-pad’ |
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masor mosoR |
‘nose’ |
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musur musuR |
‘rain’, etc. |
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The word initial h- of Muria corresponds to zero in Abujhmaria which again in some instances corresponds to s- in Adilabad Gondi and Betul Gondi.
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ho o |
‘anger’ |
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hoy oy |
‘porcupine’ |
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hawo:r awo:r |
‘salt’ |
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ha:ru a:ru |
‘six’ |
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har(ri:) ar(ri:) |
‘way’, etc. |
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Word-initial and medial l of Abujhmaria dialect becomes r in Betul dialect.
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lo:n ro:n |
‘house’ |
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leyya: reyya: |
‘girl of marriagable age’ |
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molo:l moro:l |
‘hare’ |
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polo:y poro:y |
‘word, language’, etc. |
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