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Thematic map of South Asia showing the distribution of Dravidian languages, with different regions shaded or marked to indicate where specific Dravidian languages and subgroups are spoken. Most languages are concentrated in southern and central India, with some northern outliers in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and eastern India. A key identifies the languages by number and subgroup, and striped areas indicate regions where several subgroups overlap. A simple language family tree diagram showing Proto-Central Dravidian splitting into Proto-Kolami-Naiki and Proto-Gadba-Parji, with further branches to Kolami, Naiki, Gadba, and Parji.
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Thematic map of South Asia showing the distribution of Dravidian languages, with different regions shaded or marked to indicate where specific Dravidian languages and subgroups are spoken. Most languages are concentrated in southern and central India, with some northern outliers in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and eastern India. A key identifies the languages by number and subgroup, and striped areas indicate regions where several subgroups overlap.
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Kolami is a Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam people. It is part of the Central Dravidian language family and has the largest number of speakers within this group, with approximately 122,000 individuals. Kolami has significantly borrowed vocabulary from Telugu. Other Central Dravidian languages include Parji, Ollari, and Gadaba, spoken in different regions of India.12

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