Madiya language

{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}}

{{distinguish|text=another Dravidian language, Muria language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Maria

| altname = Madiya

| states = India

| region =

| speakers = 365,000

| date = 2000

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Dravidian

|fam2 = South-Central

|fam3 = Gondi–Kui

|fam4 = Gondi languages

| script= Devanagari

| lc1 = mrr

| ld1 = Garhchiroli Maria

| lc2 = daq

| ld2 = Dandami Maria

| glotto = mari1414

| glottoname = Maria

| glottorefname=Maria (India)

| glotto2 = dand1238

| glottoname2 = Dandami Maria

}}

Madiya or Maria is a Dravidian language spoken in India. It may be regarded as a dialect of Gondi, but is suspected to be mutually unintelligible with most other Gondi varieties.{{cite book | title=The Dravidian languages | url=https://archive.org/details/dravidianlanguag00kris | url-access=limited | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Bhadriraju Krishnamurti | year=2003 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/dravidianlanguag00kris/page/n54 25]| isbn=9780521771115 }}