Kalanadi | |
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Native to | India |
Native speakers | 750 (2004 survey) [1] |
Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wkl |
Glottolog | kala1255 |
Kalanadi is a Southern Dravidian language of India. It is most similar to Pathiya with which it shares 88% lexical similarity.
The Dravidian languages are a family of languages spoken by 220 and 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Dravidian is first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script on cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.
Pathiya is a Southern Dravidian language of India. It is close to Kalanadi.