Social:Kolami language
| Kolami | |
|---|---|
| kolāmi, kōlāvā | |
| कॊलामि, कोलावा | |
 'kolāmi' or 'kōlāvā in goykanadi alphabet(top), devanagari alphabet(center) and telugu alphabet(bottom) | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Maharastra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | 239,583 Kolam (2011 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 128,451, 54% of ethnic population (2011 census)[2] |
Dravidian
| |
| • Devanagari,
• Telugu script, • Goykanadi Tamil script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kfb – Northwestern Kolaminit – Southeastern Kolami (Naiki) |
| Glottolog | nort2699[3] |
Kolami (Northwestern Kolami/Southeastern Kolami) also known as kolava, is a tribal Central Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Telangana states of India. It falls under the Kolami–Naiki group of languages. It is the most widely spoken Central Dravidian language.
Sathupati Prasanna Sree has developed a unique script for use with the language.[citation needed]
Classification
Kolami language has been classified as a central dravidian language. It is well known as dravidian language of maharastra state. Well influenced by south central dravidian languages like telugu and gondi.it is also a tribal dravidian language.
Writing systems
Currently kolami language uses the telugu and Devanagari script and also in goykanadi for writing purposes
Characteristics
Kolami has a two-gender system, being either masculine or nonmasculine. kolami has developed aspirated stops, distancing itself from its ancestor Proto-Dravidian.
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| High | i | iː | u | uː | ||
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | t͡ʃ | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | ||||
| voiced | z | ||||||
| Approximant | central | ʋ | j | ||||
| lateral | l | ɭ | |||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||||
Sample Text
| Phrases | English Translation | Dēvanāgari | Telugu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inne pēr | Your name | इन्नॆ पेर् | ఇన్నె పేర్ |
| Anne pēr | My name | अन्नॆ पेर् | అన్నె పేర్ |
| Āy | Yes | आय् | ఆయ్ |
| Tōted | No | तोतॆद् | తోతెద్ |
| Wā itti | Come here | वा इत्ति | వా ఇత్తి |
| Sē atti | Go there | से अत्ति | సే అత్తి |
| Etti āṇi enāṅ | where and how | ऎत्ति आणि ऎनाङ् | ఎత్తి ఆణి ఎనాఙ్ |
Also see Kolami Swadesh list on wiktionary.
References
- ↑ "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html.
- ↑ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". http://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Northwestern Kolami". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nort2699.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=54fV7Lwu3fMC&q=grantha+script.
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