Naiki language

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)

Naiki
Southeastern Kolami
కొలామి
Native to	India
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1989)[1] 1,500 speakers (2007)
Language family	Dravidian Central Kolami–Naiki Naiki
Dialects	Chanda Naikṛi
Writing system	Devanagari, Telugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nit
Glottolog	sout1549
ELP	Southeastern Kolami

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels^[2]

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

Consonants

Consonants^[2]

			Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal			m	n			ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	plain	p	t, ts	ʈ	tʃ	k
		aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	ʈʰ	tʃʰ	kʰ
	voiced	plain	b	d, dz	ɖ	dʒ	ɡ
		aspirated	bʱ	dʱ	ɖʱ	dʒʱ	ɡʱ
Fricative			v	s				h
Rhotic				r
Approximant				l	ɭ	j