Kolami language

Kolami
Kolami
कोलामी
Native to	India
Region	Maharastra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity	239,583 Kolam (2011 census)
Native speakers	128,451, 54% of ethnic population (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Kolami; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kfb
Glottolog	nort2699

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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.

Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.

Phonology[edit]

Vowels^[3]
	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

Consonants^[3]
		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	ʈ	t͡ʃ	k
Plosive	voiced	b	d	ɖ	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless		s				h
Fricative	voiced		z
Approximant	central	ʋ			j
Approximant	lateral		l
Rhotic			r

References[edit]

↑ "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.

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[census-1] "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.

[2] "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[bhk-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.

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