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Kolami, Northwestern

A language of India

ISO 639-3: kfb

Population	200,000 (2000 IICCC). All Kolami 115,000 (1997).
Region	Maharashtra, Yavatmal, Wardha, and Nanded districts; Andhra Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh.
Alternate names	Kolam, Kolamboli, Kolamy, Kolmi, Kulme
Dialects	Madka-Kinwat, Pulgaon, Wani, Maregaon. Northwestern [kfb] and Southeastern Kolami [nit] not inherently intelligible. Neither is intelligible with Bodo Parja [bdv], Gadaba [gau], or Pottangi Ollar Gadaba [gdb]. Lexical similarity: 61%–68% with Southeastern Kolami [nit].
Classification	Dravidian, Central, Kolami-Naiki
Language use	Home, community. Some also use Telugu [tel], or Notheren Gondi [gno]. A few use Marathi [mar].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 4%. Dictionary. NT: 2006.
Writing system	Devanagari script.
Comments	People are called ‘Kolavar’ or ‘Kolam’. Kolam is a Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists; forest laborers. Traditional religion, Hindu.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MCNAIR, Helen; MCNAIR, Norman, authors. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kolami."  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 1: Sentence and discourse.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 2: Clause.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 3: Texts.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 4: Word lists.