An indigenous people of northeastern India (Odisha and surrounding regions) with their own distinct language and culture.
From the Gadaba language and ethnonym itself; the word comes from tribal self-designation, with roots in Austroasiatic language family. The term has been used in anthropological literature since colonial records.
The Gadaba people maintain one of India's most endangered languages, with only a few hundred fluent speakers left—it's a linguistic time capsule of ancient language structures that could help us understand how all human languages evolved.
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