Kolami language

Kolami
Native to	India
Native speakers	120,000 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Kolami
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kfb`
Glottolog	`nort2699`^[2]

Kolami (Northwestern Kolami) is a tribal Central Dravidian language used in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India. It takes route from the central branch of Dravidian Language tree and falls under Kolami–Naiki group of languages. It is the most widely spoken Central Dravidian language.

References

↑ Kolami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Northwestern Kolami". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Dravidian languages

Southern

Tamil-Kannada

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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