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Naiki language

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Native to
  
India

ISO 639-3
  
nit

Dialects
  
Chanda Naikṛi

Glottolog
  
sout1549

Native speakers
  
(10,000 cited 1989) 1,500 Naiki proper (2007)

Language family
  
Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Naiki

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

References

Naiki language Wikipedia