{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}} {{Infobox language | name = Naiki | nativename = కొలామి | states = India | speakers = 10,000 | date = 1989 | ref = e18 | speakers2 = 1,500 speakers (2007) | familycolor = Dravidian | fam2 = Central Dravidian | fam3 = Kolami–Naiki | iso3 = nit | glotto = sout1549 | glottorefname = Southeastern Kolami | dia1 = Chanda | dia2 = Naikṛi | script = Devanagari, Telugu script | altname = Southeastern Kolami }}
'''Naiki''' ({{ipa|nit|naːjki|ipa}}), 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<ref name="bhk">{{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 }}</ref> ! rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Front ! colspan="2" |Central ! colspan="2" |Back |- !<small>short</small> !<small>long</small> !<small>short</small> !<small>long</small> !<small>short</small> !<small>long</small> |- align="center" !High |{{IPA link|i}} |{{IPA link|iː}} | | |{{IPA link|u}} |{{IPA link|uː}} |- align="center" !Mid |{{IPA link|e}} |{{IPA link|eː}} | | |{{IPA link|o}} |{{IPA link|oː}} |- align="center" !Low | | |{{IPA link|a}} |{{IPA link|aː}} | | |}
=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+Consonants<ref name="bhk"/> ! colspan="3" | ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Retroflex ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal |- ! colspan="3" | Nasal | {{IPA link|m}} | {{IPA link|n}} | | | {{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- ! rowspan="4" | Plosive/<br>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}} | | |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{incubator|nit}} {{Dravidian languages}}
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Category:Dravidian languages Category:Endangered languages of India Category:Languages written in Devanagari
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