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Also called:
Gadaba
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Gutob language

Also known as: Gadaba language
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Gutob language, language spoken in India, one of the Munda languages belonging to the Austro-Asiatic family of languages. Dialects include Gadba and Gudwa.

Gutob is spoken in the Koraput district of Orissa and the Srikakulam and Vishākhapatnam districts of Andhra Pradesh. Estimates of the number of speakers vary between 32,500 and 54,000.