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{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Kolami<br />
| nativename = कोलामी<br />
| states = [[India]]<br />
| region = [[Maharastra]], [[Telangana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| ethnicity = 239,583 [[Kolam people|Kolam]] (2011 census)<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|title=A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2017-11-18}}</ref><br />
| speakers = 128,451, 54% of ethnic population<br />
| date = 2011 census<br />
| ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><br />
| familycolor = Dravidian<br />
| fam2 = Central<br />
| fam3 = Kolami–Naiki<br />
| script = [[Devanagari]]<br />
| iso3 = kfb<br />
| glotto = nort2699<br />
| glottorefname = Northwestern Kolami<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kolami''' (Northwestern Kolami) is a [[Adivasi|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.<br />
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[[Sathupati Prasanna Sree]] has developed a unique script for use with the language.<br />
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==Phonology==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center<br />
|+[[Vowels]]<ref name="bhk">{{cite book|last=Krishnamurti|first=Bhadriraju|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54fV7Lwu3fMC&q=grantha+script|title=The Dravidian Languages|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|isbn=978-1-139-43533-8|location=}}</ref><br />
! rowspan="2" |<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Front vowel|Front]]<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Central vowel|Central]]<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Back vowel|Back]]<br />
|-<br />
!<small>short</small><br />
!<small>long</small><br />
!<small>short</small><br />
!<small>long</small><br />
!<small>short</small><br />
!<small>long</small><br />
|- align="center"<br />
![[High vowel|High]]<br />
|{{IPAlink|i}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|iː}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|u}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|uː}}<br />
|- align="center"<br />
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]<br />
|{{IPAlink|e}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|eː}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|o}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|oː}}<br />
|- align="center"<br />
![[Low vowel|Low]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|a}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|aː}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center<br />
|+[[Consonant]]s<ref name="bhk"/><br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"|<br />
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]<br />
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]<br />
![[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]<br />
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]<br />
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]<br />
![[Velar consonant|Glottal]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2| [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]<br />
|{{IPAlink|m}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|n}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|[[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]<br />
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|p}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|t}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|ʈ}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|k}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! {{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|b}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|d}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|ɖ}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|ɡ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]<br />
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|s}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|h}}<br />
|-<br />
! {{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|z}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan=2| [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]<br />
! {{small|[[central consonant|central]]}}<br />
|{{IPAlink|ʋ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|j}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! {{small|[[lateral consonant|lateral]]}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|l}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2| [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]<br />
|<br />
|{{IPAlink|r}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Languages of India}}<br />
{{Dravidian languages}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolami Language}}<br />
[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]<br />
[[Category:Dravidian languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
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