Kolami
कोलामी
Native toIndia
RegionMaharastra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity239,583 Kolam (2011 census)[1]
Native speakers
128,451, 54% of ethnic population (2011 census)[2]
Dravidian
  • Central
    • Kolami–Naiki
      • Kolami
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3kfb
Glottolognort2699

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

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
voiced b d ɖ d͡ʒ ɡ
Fricative voiceless s h
voiced z
Approximant central ʋ j
lateral l
Rhotic r

References

  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.
  3. ^ a b Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.
Kolami language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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