Kota language

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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.

South Dravidian languages

Kota language

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Dravidian languages
South Dravidian languages
languages—Toda, Kota, Irula, and Kurumba—are spoken by Scheduled Tribes (officially recognized Indigenous peoples) in the Nilgiri Hills of southwestern Tamil Nadu, near Karnataka. Badaga, a dialect of Kannada, is also spoken in the Nilgiri Hills.
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languages—Toda, Kota, Irula, and Kurumba—are spoken by Scheduled Tribes (officially recognized Indigenous peoples) in the Nilgiri Hills of southwestern Tamil Nadu, near Karnataka. Badaga, a dialect of Kannada, is also spoken in the Nilgiri Hills.
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Dravidian languages
South Dravidian phonological development
In Kota, Toda, Kodagu, and Irula, several sound changes in the vowels of the root syllable occurred when followed by alveolar and retroflex consonants, as did the quality of vowels in the subsequent syllables: Proto-South Dravidian *kiḷ-i/*kiṇ-i ‘parrot’ became Kodagu gïṇ-i; Proto-South Dravidian *eṇ-ṭṭ- ‘eight’ developed…
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In Kota, Toda, Kodagu, and Irula, several sound changes in the vowels of the root syllable occurred when followed by alveolar and retroflex consonants, as did the quality of vowels in the subsequent syllables: Proto-South Dravidian *kiḷ-i/*kiṇ-i ‘parrot’ became Kodagu gïṇ-i; Proto-South Dravidian *eṇ-ṭṭ- ‘eight’ developed…
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