Kolami, Southeastern
A language of India
| Population | 10,000 (1989 F. Blair). |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, Adilabad District; Maharashtra, Chandrapur, Nanded districts. |
| Dialects | Metla-Kinwat, Utnur, Asifabad, Naiki. Not intelligible with Northwestern Kolami [kfb]. Rao (1950) reports another dialect in Chinnoor and Sirpur Taluks of Adilabad District. The Naiki dialect is different from Naikri (Zvelebil 1970:13). Lexical similarity: 85%–88% between Naiki and other Southeastern Kolami dialects; 83% between the Metla-Kinwat and Utnur; 86% between Asifabad and Utnur; 60%–74% with Northwestern Kolami. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Central, Kolami-Naiki |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Low. |
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