Naiki language

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)

Naiki
Southeastern Kolami
కొలామి
Native toIndia
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1989)[1]
1,500 speakers (2007)
Dravidian
  • Central
    • Kolami–Naiki
      • Naiki
Dialects
  • Chanda
  • Naikṛi
Language codes
ISO 639-3nit
Glottologsout1549
ELPSoutheastern Kolami

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
aspirated pʰ tʰ ʈʰ kʰ
voiced plain b d ɖ dʒ g
aspirated bʱ dʱ ɖʱ dʒʱ gʱ
Fricative v s h
Rhotic r
Approximant l ɭ j

References
  1. Naiki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72
Naiki language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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