Native to India Ethnicity Soliga ISO 639-3 sle | Native speakers 24,000 (2006) | |
Language family DravidianSouthernTamil–KannadaTamil–KodaguTamil–MalayalamTamil?Kannada?Sholaga | ||
The Sholaga (Soliga) language is a Dravidian language related to Kannada and Tamil, spoken by the Soliga people.
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Other names
Sholaga language, is also known as Kadu Sholigar, Sholiga, Sholigar, Solaga, Soliga, Soligar, Solanayakkans, Sholanayika.
Classification
Sholaga is classified as a Dravidian language, more specifically South Dravidian. Dravidian languages are split into five main categories by the name of Southern, South Central, Central, North and Unclassified. Sholaga falls into the Southern category which is then split into the three categories: Tamil-Kannada, Macro-Tulu, and unclassified. Sholaga falls into the Tamil-Kannada category.
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Sholaga language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA