Kaikadi language

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The Kaikadi language is a Dravidian language related to Tamil, spoken by about 23,000 people of the formerly nomad Kaikadi tribe primarily in Maharashtra.

Kaikadi
Native to	India
Region	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity	Kaikadis
Native speakers	25,870 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Yerukula–Korava–Kaikadi Kaikadi
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kep`
Glottolog	`kaik1244`

References

^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

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