Kolami, Southeastern

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A language of India

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User Population

10,000 (1989 F. Blair). 1,500 speakers of Naiki (Van Driem 2007).

Location

Maharashtra state: Chandrapur and Nanded districts; Telangana state: Adilabad district.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Dravidian, Central, Kolami-Naiki
Dialects

Metla-Kinwat, Utnur, Asifabad, Naiki. Not intelligible with Northwestern Kolami [kfb]. Rao (1950) reports another dialect in Chinnoor and Sirpur taluks of Adilabad District. The Naiki dialect is different from Naikri (Zvelebil 1970:13). Lexical similarity: 85%–88% with Naiki and other Southeastern Kolami dialects, 83% with the Metla-Kinwat and Utnur, 86% with Asifabad and Utnur, 60%–74% with Northwestern Kolami [kfb].

Language Use

Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: Low.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kolami, Southeastern
Writing

Telugu script [Telu].