Naiki language

Naiki
Naiki
Southeastern Kolami
కొలామి
Native to	India
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1989); 1,500 speakers (2007)
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Naiki; ; ;
Dialects	Chanda; Naikṛi;
Writing system	Devanagari, Telugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nit
Glottolog	sout1549
ELP	Southeastern Kolami

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

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels^[2]
	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

Consonants

Consonants^[2]
			Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal			m	n			ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	plain	p	t, ts	ʈ	tʃ	k
	voiceless	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	ʈʰ		kʰ
	voiced	plain	b	d	ɖ	dʒ	g
	voiced	aspirated	bʱ	dʱ	ɖʱ	dʒʱ	gʱ
Fricative			v	s				h
Rhotic				r
Approximant				l	ɭ	j

References

^ Naiki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72

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[e18-1] Naiki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[bhk-2] Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72

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