Kaikadi language explained

Kaikadi
States:India
Region:Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity:Kaikadis
Speakers:25,870
Date:2011 census
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Dravidian
Fam2:Southern
Fam3:Southern I
Fam4:Tamil–Kannada
Fam5:Tamil–Kota
Fam6:Tamil–Toda
Fam7:Tamil–Irula
Fam8:Tamil–KodavaUrali
Fam9:TamilMalayalam
Fam10:Tamiloid
Fam11:YerukulaKorava–Kaikadi
Ancestor:Old Tamil
Ancestor2:Middle Tamil
Iso3:kep
Glotto:kaik1244
Glottorefname:Kaikadi

The Kaikadi language is a Dravidian language related to Tamil, spoken by about 23,000 people of the formerly nomad Kaikadi tribe primarily in Maharashtra.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.