# Naiki language

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{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}}
{{Infobox language
| name       = Naiki
| nativename    = కొలామి
| states      = [India](/source/India)
| speakers     = 10,000
| date       = 1989
| ref       = e18
| speakers2    = 1,500 speakers (2007)
| familycolor   = Dravidian
| fam2       = [Central Dravidian](/source/Central_Dravidian)
| fam3       = [Kolami](/source/Kolami)–Naiki
| iso3       = nit
| glotto      = sout1549
| glottorefname  = Southeastern Kolami
| dia1       = Chanda
| dia2       = Naikṛi
| script      = [Devanagari](/source/Devanagari), [Telugu script](/source/Telugu_script)
| altname     = Southeastern Kolami
}}

'''Naiki''' ({{ipa|nit|naːjki|ipa}}), or '''Southeastern Kolami''', is a tribal [Central Dravidian language](/source/Central_Dravidian_language) used in [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra) state of India. Dialects are Naiki proper, or Chanda, and Naikṛi (Krishnamurti 2003:57)

==Phonology==
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Vowels<ref name="bhk">{{cite book|author=[Bhadriraju Krishnamurti](/source/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](/source/Cambridge_University_Press)|isbn=978-1-139-43533-8 }}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |[Front](/source/Front_vowel)
! colspan="2" |[Central](/source/Central_vowel)
! colspan="2" |[Back](/source/Back_vowel)
|-
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
|- align="center"
![High](/source/High_vowel)
|{{IPA link|i}}
|{{IPA link|iː}}
|
|
|{{IPA link|u}}
|{{IPA link|uː}}
|- align="center"
![Mid](/source/Mid_vowel)
|{{IPA link|e}}
|{{IPA link|eː}}
|
|
|{{IPA link|o}}
|{{IPA link|oː}}
|- align="center"
![Low](/source/Low_vowel)
|
|
|{{IPA link|a}}
|{{IPA link|aː}}
|
|
|}

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Consonants<ref name="bhk"/>
! colspan="3" |
! [Labial](/source/Labial_consonant)
! [Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant)
! [Retroflex](/source/Retroflex_consonant)
! [Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant)
! [Velar](/source/Velar_consonant)
! [Glottal](/source/Glottal_consonant)
|-
! colspan="3" | [Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| 
| 
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="4" | [Plosive](/source/Plosive)/<br>[Affricate](/source/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](/source/Fricative)
| {{IPA link|v}}
| {{IPA link|s}}
|
| 
| 
| {{IPA link|h}}
|-
! colspan="3"| [Rhotic](/source/Rhotic_consonant)
|
| {{IPA link|r}}
| 
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="3" | [Approximant](/source/Approximant)
| 
| {{IPA link|l}}
| {{IPA link|ɭ}}
| {{IPA link|j}}
|
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
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{{Dravidian languages}}

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Category:Dravidian languages
Category:Endangered languages of India
Category:Languages written in Devanagari

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