The Gutob or Bodo Gadaba language is a Munda

Munda languages

-Anderson :Gregory Anderson's 1999 proposal is as follows. Individual languages are highlighted in italics.*North Munda **Korku**Kherwarian***Santhali***Mundari*South Munda **Kharia–Juang***Juang***Kharia...

 language of India

India

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, with the greatest concentrations of speakers being found in Koraput district

Koraput District

Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats.-History:...

 of Orissa

Orissa

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 and Visakhapatnam district

Visakhapatnam district

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 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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. It is also known simply as the Gadaba language, but it is different from the Dravidian

Dravidian languages

The Dravidian language family includes approximately 85 genetically related languages, spoken by about 217 million people. They are mainly spoken in southern India and parts of eastern and central India as well as in northeastern Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, and...

 Gadaba language. Other names for the Bodo Gadaba language include Gadba, Gutop, Gudwa, Godwa, Gadwa, and Boi Gadaba.

Classification

The Gutob language belongs to the South Munda subgroup of the Munda

Munda languages

-Anderson :Gregory Anderson's 1999 proposal is as follows. Individual languages are highlighted in italics.*North Munda **Korku**Kherwarian***Santhali***Mundari*South Munda **Kharia–Juang***Juang***Kharia...

 branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family

Austro-Asiatic languages

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. It is most closely related to the Bondo language

Bonda language

The Bonda language, also known as Bondo or Remo, is a language spoken by the Bonda people of India.-Classification:The Bonda language belongs to the Southern subgroup of the Munda branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family. It is most closely related to the Gutob language.-External links:*...

.

Prospects

The Gutob language is considered to be either endangered

Endangered language

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 or moribund, due in part to a couple of hydroelectric projects that have displaced Gutob people from their traditional villages and forced them to live as minorities in primarily Desiya

Oriya language

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-speaking villages.