Naiki language

{{Infobox language

| name = 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

| altname = 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 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+Vowels{{cite book\|author=Bhadriraju Krishnamurti\|title=The Dravidian Languages\|date=16 January 2003\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54fV7Lwu3fMC&q=grantha+script\|access-date=2025-04-17\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-1-139-43533-8 }} ! rowspan="2" \| ! colspan="2" \|Front ! colspan="2" \|Central ! colspan="2" \|Back
short !long !short !long !short !long
align="center" !High \|{{IPAlink\|i}} \|{{IPAlink\|iː}} \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|u}} \|{{IPAlink\|uː}}
align="center" !Mid \|{{IPAlink\|e}} \|{{IPAlink\|eː}} \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|o}} \|{{IPAlink\|oː}}
align="center" !Low \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|a}} \|{{IPAlink\|aː}} \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+Vowels{{cite book|author=Bhadriraju Krishnamurti|title=The Dravidian Languages|date=16 January 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54fV7Lwu3fMC&q=grantha+script|access-date=2025-04-17|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-43533-8 }}

! rowspan="2" |

! colspan="2" |Front

! colspan="2" |Central

! colspan="2" |Back

short

!long

!short

!long

!short

!long

align="center"

!High

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align="center"

!Mid

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align="center"

!Low

|{{IPAlink|a}}

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= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+Consonants ! colspan="3" \| ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Retroflex ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal
colspan="3" \| Nasal \| {{IPA link\|m}} \| {{IPA link\|n}} \| \| \| {{IPA link\|ŋ}} \|
rowspan="4" \| Plosive/ Affricate ! rowspan="2" \| {{small\|voiceless}} ! {{small\|plain}} \| {{IPA link\|p}} \| {{IPA link\|t}}, {{IPA link\|ts}} \| {{IPA link\|ʈ}} \| {{IPA link\|tʃ}} \| {{IPA link\|k}} \|
{{small\|aspirated}} \| {{IPA link\|pʰ}} \| {{IPA link\|tʰ}} \| {{IPA link\|ʈʰ}} \| {{IPA link\|tʃʰ}} \| {{IPA link\|kʰ}} \|
rowspan="2" \| {{small\|voiced}} ! {{small\|plain}} \| {{IPA link\|b}} \| {{IPA link\|d}}, {{IPA link\|dz}} \| {{IPA link\|ɖ}} \| {{IPA link\|dʒ}} \| {{IPA link\|ɡ}} \|
{{small\|aspirated}} \| {{IPA link\|bʱ}} \| {{IPA link\|dʱ}} \| {{IPA link\|ɖʱ}} \| {{IPA link\|dʒʱ}} \| {{IPA link\|ɡʱ}} \|
colspan="3" \| Fricative \| {{IPA link\|v}} \| {{IPA link\|s}} \| \| \| \| {{IPA link\|h}}
colspan="3"\| Rhotic \| \| {{IPA link\|r}} \| \| \| \|
colspan="3" \| Approximant \| \| {{IPA link\|l}} \| {{IPA link\|ɭ}} \| {{IPA link\|j}} \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+Consonants

! colspan="3" |

! Labial

! Alveolar

! Retroflex

! Palatal

! Velar

! Glottal

colspan="3" | Nasal

| {{IPA link|m}}

| {{IPA link|n}}