Manna-Dora language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Manna-Dora

|states = India

|region = Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

|ethnicity = 30,000 (no date)

|speakers = 18,000

|date = 2011

|ref = e25

|familycolor = Dravidian

| fam2 = Southern

| fam3 = Southern II{{sfnp|Zvelebil|1990|p=57}}

| fam4 = Teluguic

|script = Telugu alphabet

|iso3=mju

|glotto=mann1245

|glottorefname=Manna-Dora

}}

Manna-Dora is either a nearly extinct Dravidian language closely related to Telugu, or a dialect of Telugu. It is spoken by the eponymous Scheduled Tribe in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |pages=21–22 |title=List of notified Scheduled Tribes |publisher=Census India |access-date=15 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107225208/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2013 }}