Q. Recently, the linguist from University of Hyderabad have discovered two endangered languages predominantly spoken in remote regions of Odisha, named as :

A
Walmiki and Malhar
B
Malhar and Santhal
C
Santhal and Kalhan
D
Walmiki and Kalhan
Solution:

They were discovered by Prof Panchanan Mohanty as part of activity of Centre for Endangered Languages and Mother Tongue Studies.

Walmiki: It is spoken in district of Koraput of Odisha and on bordering districts of Andhra Pradesh. It is an isolate language and does not belonged to articular family of languages.

Malhar: It is spoken in a remote and isolated hamlet about 165 km away from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Now it is spoken by community consisting of about 75 speakers including children. It belongs to “North Dravidian” subgroup of Dravidian family of languages.

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