ABSTRACT
Speakers of Gadaba live in a continuous area that traverses the north of Andhra Pradesh and the southwest of Orissa. The word ‘Gadaba’, sometimes spelt as ‘Gadba’, is a term that outsiders use the speakers themselves use two names, konekor and mundli. Of these two, mundli is probably the older and its etymology is unknown. The set of nominals includes common nouns, pronouns, numerals and proper names, among other forms. A noun consists of a root and optional elements. The root can be a nominal, adjectival or verbal root. A root followed by an optional derivative suffix is a nominal base. The root can be a nominal, adjectival or verbal root. A root followed by an optional derivative suffix is a nominal base. The plural marker is suffixed to the base. Further, case markers are suffixed to the nominal base, and follow the plural marker.
