Naiki language

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Naiki
Southeastern Kolami
Native toIndia
Ethnicity10,000
Native speakers
(1,500 cited 1989-2007)[1]
Dravidian
  • Central
    • Kolami–Naiki
      • Naiki
Dialects
  • Chanda
  • Naikṛi
Language codes
ISO 639-3nit
Glottologsout1549
ELPSoutheastern Kolami

Naiki (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

  1. ^ Naiki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)