Kaikadi language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kaikadi

|states=India

|region=Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh

|ethnicity = Kaikadis

|speakers=25,870

|date=2011 census

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}

|familycolor=Dravidian

| fam2 = Southern

| fam3 = Southern I

| fam4 = Tamil–Kannada

| fam5 = Tamil–Kota

| fam6 = Tamil–Toda

| fam7 = Tamil–Irula

| fam8 = Tamil–Kodava–Urali

| fam9 = Tamil–Malayalam

| fam10 = Tamiloid

| fam11 = Yerukula–Korava–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.