Naiki language explained

Naiki
Nativename:కొలామి
States:India
Speakers:10,000
Date:1989
Ref:e18
Speakers2:1,500 speakers (2007)
Familycolor:Dravidian
Fam2:Central
Fam3:Kolami–Naiki
Iso3:nit
Glotto:sout1549
Glottorefname:Southeastern Kolami
Dia1:Chanda
Dia2:Naikṛi
Script:Devanagari, Telugu script
Also Known As:Southeastern Kolami

Naiki, or Southeastern Kolami, is a tribal Central Dravidian language used in Maharashtra state of India. Dialects are Naiki proper, or Chanda, and Naikṛi (Krishnamurti 2003:57)

Phonology

Vowels

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FrontCentralBack
shortlongshortlongshortlong
Highpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Midpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Lowpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

Consonants

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! Labial! Alveolar! Retroflex! Palatal! Velar! Glottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosive/
Affricate		pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/