Kolami language

Kolami
Native to	India
Region	Maharastra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity	239,583 Kolam (2011 census)[1]
Native speakers	121,855 (2001)[2]
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Kolami; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kfb
Glottolog	nort2699[3]

Kolami (Northwestern Kolami) is a tribal Central Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Telangana. 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.

References

↑ "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 2017-11-18.
↑ "Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages ? India, States & Union Territories ? 2001 Census". www.censusindia.gov.in. ORGI. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northwestern Kolami". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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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 2017-11-18.

[2] "Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages ? India, States & Union Territories ? 2001 Census". www.censusindia.gov.in. ORGI. Retrieved 2018-03-12.

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northwestern Kolami". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.