Kalanadi language

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Kalanadi
Native to India
Native speakers
750 (2004 survey) [1]
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.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dravidian languages</span> Language family mostly of southern India

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.

References

  1. Kalanadi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)