Naiki language

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The Naiki language is a Dravidian tribal language of central India, spoken by communities closely related linguistically and culturally to Gondi-speaking groups.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Naiki language canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
language
tribal language
country India
culturalAffinity Gondi-speaking communities
endangerment potentially endangered
ethnicGroup Naiki people NERFINISHED
family Dravidian NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Naikdi NERFINISHED
Naiki NERFINISHED
Naiki Gondi NERFINISHED
hasSpeakersIn Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED
Maharashtra NERFINISHED
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Dravidian languages NERFINISHED
languageFamilyBranch South-Central Dravidian languages NERFINISHED
linguisticAffinity Gondi-speaking communities
morphologicalFeature suffixing morphology
phonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Dravidian languages
region central India
relatedTo Gondi language NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
central India
status minority language
tribal language of India
typology agglutinative language
usedBy tribal communities in central India
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem primarily oral language

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Referenced by (3)

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

Gondi language closelyRelatedTo Naiki language
Kolami–Naiki subgroup hasMember Naiki language
Central Dravidian languages includes Naiki language