Naiki

E173500

Naiki is a Dravidian language spoken by indigenous communities in central India, particularly in parts of Maharashtra and adjoining regions.

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Label Occurrences
Naiki canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
language
hasAlternativeName Naiki language (English designation)
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasMorphologicalFeature postpositions rather than prepositions (typical of Dravidian)
rich case system (typical of Dravidian)
hasNumberOfSpeakers small population (exact number uncertain)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (likely)
hasSociolinguisticStatus endangered or vulnerable (likely)
minority language
hasWordOrder SOV
languageFamily Dravidian
relatedTo other Central Dravidian languages
spokenBy indigenous communities in central India
spokenInCountry India
spokenInRegion Central India
spokenInState Maharashtra
subjectToLanguageShiftTowards Marathi (in Maharashtra)
usedInDomain home and community communication
writingSystem Devanagari script
surface form: Devanagari (commonly used)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.