Kolami language
Kolami (Northwestern Kolami) is a tribal Central Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Telangana states of India. It falls under the Kolami–Naiki group of languages. It is the most widely spoken Central Dravidian language.
Kolami | |
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कोलामी | |
Native to | India |
Region | Maharastra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh |
Ethnicity | 239,583 Kolam (2011 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 128,451, 54% of ethnic population (2011 census)[2] |
Dravidian
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Devanagari | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kfb |
Glottolog | nort2699 |
Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.
PhonologyEdit
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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short | long | short | long | short | long | |
High | i | iː | u | uː | ||
Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
Low | a | aː |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ↑ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.