| Tulu: |
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| Spoken by
1,417,224 people living in the region of Mangalore, Udupi
in the South of Karnataka coastal strip. Tulu is written
in Kannada script, but it has no literature of any significance.
The most striking feature of the language is the presence
of a special Brahman dialect which differs very considerably
from that of other castes. |
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| Telugu: |
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| Telugu is
mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, but is also
used in the adjacent regions of the states of Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. Numerically Telugu
takes first place among the Dravidian languages - 50,
624, 611 people claim it as mother tongue. Literature
in this language dates back to 11th century. Inscriptions
of RenaI Co·a dynasty datesback to 575 A.D. Nearly 150
inscriptions are found which can be traced back to pre-Nannaya
period. Telugu has 4 main regional dialects. 1. Northern
dialect covering present Telangana area. 2. Southern dialect
(Rayalaseema and Nellore) 3. Central dialect (Guntur,
Krishna districts, East and West Godavari). 4. Eastern
dialect (Kalinga): Vishakapatnam and Srikakulam. Widely
different from all these dialects is the classical literary
language which took shape as long ago as 11th century
and which is marked by a host of lexical borrowings from
Sanskrit and Prakrit. The modern literature tends to be
close to the colloquial language. |
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| Parji: |
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| It is spoken
in the Bastar region in the extreme South of Madhya Pradesh.
35,758 speakers. |
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| Kolami: |
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| It is spoken
in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh; Yeotmal Wardha
district of Madhya Pradesh. The number of speakers are
83,690. |
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| Naiki: |
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| It is spoken
in Adilabad and Karimnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh.
About 1000 speakers are there. |
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| Ko¸·a: |
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| It is spoken
in Agency tracts of Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh, Koraput
district of Orissa. The number of speakers are 23,258. |
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| Ollari: |
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| It is spoken
in South agency tracts of Koraput district of Orissa. |
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| Gondi: |
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| It is spoken
in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. In the Central
parts of Madhya Pradesh and the East of Maharashtra, islands
of Gondi speakers are scattered among the population speaking
Indo Aryan languges. It consists of number of dialects.
Its speakers number to 1,913,262. |
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| Kui: |
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| It is spoken
in Phulbani and Ganjam districts of Orissa. The number
of speakers are 521,525. |
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| Kuvi: |
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| It is spoken
in Ganajm, Kalahandi, Koraput districts of Orissa, Vishakapatnam
district Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. 230,00
speakers use it as mother tongue. |
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| Koya: |
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| It is spoken
in the agency tracts of Warangal, Khammam, East Godavari
and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, Koraput
district of Orissa. The number of speakers are 240,245. |
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| Gadaba: |
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| It is spoken
in Salur taluq of Srikakulam district. Speakers are 28,027. |
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