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Dravidian language of India

Kaikadi
Native to	India
Region	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Ethnicity	Kaikadis
Native speakers	25,870 (2011 census)
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`

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.

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.

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Toda-Kota

Kodagu

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Sankethi Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Jeseri Arabi Malayalam (Mappila Malayalam) Byari Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

Tulu-Koraga

Others

South-Central

Gondi-Kui

Gondi	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
Konda-Kui	Konda Kui Kuvi Manda Pengo

Central

Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
Parji–Gadaba	Duruwa Kondekor Ollari

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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