Naiki

E173500

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Naiki canonical 5

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Statements (20)

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 (commonly used) ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

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Referenced by (5)

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