Kiliki language

In the film Baahubali: The Beginning, the Kalakeya tribe speak Kiliki.{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/baahubali-does-a-lord-of-the-rings-the-film-establishes-a-new-language-called-kilikili-2339430.html|title= Baahubali does a Lord of the Rings! The film establishes a new language called Kilikili | work=Firstpost|date= 14 July 2015 |access-date=14 July 2015}} After the success of the film in December 2015, singer Smita released "Baha Kiliki", the first song in Kiliki language, onto YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/video-singer-smita-releases-new-song-kiliki-bahubalis-fictional-language-37037|title= Video: Singer Smita releases new song in 'Kiliki', Bahubali's fictional language | work=The News Minute|date= 24 December 2015 |access-date=24 December 2015}} It has over 108 million views. In 2017, it was used in the film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, the sequel of Baahubali: The Beginning.{{cite web|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/bahubali-blockbuster-movie-in-film-induastris-sc89-nu-1065325-1.html|title= Released as the sequel to the 2015 blockbuster 'Baahubali: The Beginning' | work=newstracklive.com|date= 27 January 2020 |access-date=27 January 2020}}

The fictional language Kiliki (also referred to as Kilikili) spoken by the Kalakeyas, a ferocious warrior tribe, was created by Madhan Karky for the film. It is said to be the first fictional language to be created for Indian film.{{cite web |date=14 July 2015 |title=Baahubali does a Lord of the Rings! The film establishes a new language called Kilikili |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/baahubali-does-a-lord-of-the-rings-the-film-establishes-a-new-language-called-kilikili-2339430.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220192733/http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/baahubali-does-a-lord-of-the-rings-the-film-establishes-a-new-language-called-kilikili-2339430.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 |website=Firstpost}}

While Karky was pursuing a PhD in Australia, he took up a part-time job of teaching and baby-sitting children. During one such interaction, he thought it would be fun to create a new language that could be easily grasped. Basic words were first made up and opposites were represented by word reversals – me was min and you was nim. The language, with 100 words, was called "Click" to highlight its simplicity. This formed the foundation for Kiliki.{{cite web |title=5 Sentences And Their Translations in Kiliki, The Fictitious Language Used In 'Baahubali' |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/07/14/5-sentences-and-their-translations-in-kiliki-the-fictitious-lan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114084143/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/07/14/5-sentences-and-their-translations-in-kiliki-the-fictitious-lan/ |archive-date=14 November 2016 |access-date=21 April 2017 |website=Huffington Post India}}

• Kilikili consists of at least 750 words and more than 40 concrete grammar rules.
• It was designed to be an intuitive language: Karky said he used hard consonants and soft consonants depending on the nature of the words' meanings.
• The language was created keeping in mind that the Kalakeya warriors had to be portrayed as terrifying brutes.

On 21 February 2020, on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Rajamouli launched the official website of Kiliki language. He called the language as "world's youngest and easiest language."{{Cite news |title=SS Rajamouli launches 'KiLiKi' website; calls it the world's youngest and easiest language |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/ss-rajamouli-launches-kiliki-website-calls-it-the-worlds-youngest-and-easiest-language/articleshow/74237605.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310094527/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/ss-rajamouli-launches-kiliki-website-calls-it-the-worlds-youngest-and-easiest-language/articleshow/74237605.cms? |archive-date=10 March 2020 |access-date=12 June 2020 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

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• [https://www.kiliki.in/ Kiliki official website]

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