Naiki language

Naiki
Southeastern Kolami
Native to	India
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1989)^[1] 1,500 Naiki proper (2007)
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Naiki
Dialects	Chanda Naikṛi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nit`
Glottolog	`sout1549`^[2]

Naiki, or Southeastern Kolami, is a tribal Central Dravidian language used in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India. Dialects are Naiki proper, or Chanda, and Naikṛi (Krishnamurti 2003:57)

References

↑ Naiki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Southeastern Kolami". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Dravidian languages

Southern

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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