Sundargadi Odia
Sundargadi Odia or Northwestern Odia is a variety of the Odia language spoken in the Sundergarh district and parts of adjoining districts of Odisha. It is also spoken in the nearby districts of Jashpur of Chhattisgarh and Simdega of Jharkhand.
Characteristics
The Sundargadi variety is influenced by Sambalpuri to the south along with influences from the Sadri and Chhattisgarhi languages due to the geographical location of the Northwestern region of Odisha bordering the adjoining linguistic regions of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The features of the variety are as follows:- Word Final Vowel Deletion
Eg.- to me- ମୋତେ - ମତେ, he had got- ପାଇଲେ - ପାଇନେ, did- କଲି - କନିଁ, great- ବଡ - ବଡ଼
- case variations
Locative- 'ra' instead of 're', in answer- ଜବାବର, in the forest- ବଣର
Genitive - your- ତୋର - ତୋହୋର୍