Kolami language

Kolami
Kolami
कॊलामि కొలామి (kolāmi)
	The word "Kolami" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India
Region	Maharastra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity	239,583 Kolam (2011 census)
Native speakers	128,451, 54% of ethnic population (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Kolami; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari, Telugu script, Goykanadi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kfb – Northwestern Kolami; nit – Southeastern Kolami (Naiki)
Glottolog	nort2699

Kolami (Northwestern Kolami/Southeastern 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.^{[citation needed]}

Phonology[edit]

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

Sample[edit]

Phrases	English Translation	Dēvanāgari	Telugu
Inne pēr	Your name	इन्नॆ पेर्	ఇన్నె పేర్
Anne pēr	My name	अन्नॆ पेर्	ఆన్నె పేర్
Āy	Yes	आय्	ఆయ్
Tōted	No	तोतॆद्	తోతెద్

Also see Kolami Swadesh list on wiktionary.

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.

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[census-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.

[bhk-3] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.

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