Kota language

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Not to be confused with Kota language (Bantu).

Kota
Native to	India
Region	Nilgiri Hills
Ethnicity	Kotas
Native speakers	930 (2001 census)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Toda–Kota Kota
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kfe`

Kota is a language of the Dravidian language family with about 900 native speakers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu state, India.

Phonology

Consonants ^[2]
		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	Voiceless	p	t̪	t	ʈ	c (t͡ʃ)	k
Plosive	Voiced	b	d̪	d	ɖ	ɟ (d͡ʒ)	ɡ
Nasal		m	n̪		ɳ	ɲ
Approximant		ʋ				j
Lateral				l	ɭ
Tap				ɾ	ɽ
Fricative				s

[s] and [z] occur in free variation with /c (t͡ʃ)/ and /ɟ (d͡ʒ)/. [ʂ] occurs as an allophone of /s/ before retroflexes.

↑ Kota reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.

v t e Dravidian languages

Southern	Allar Badaga Bellari Irula Kanikkaran Kannada Kodava Koraga Kota Kurumba Malayalam Paliyan Tamil Toda Tulu

South-Central	Abujmaria Gondi Kui Kuvi Konda Koya Manda Nagarchal Pengo Telugu

Central	Kolami Naiki Duruwa Ollari Kondekor

North	Brahui Kurukh Sauria Paharia Kumarbhag Paharia

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

v t e Languages spoken in Kerala

Non-tribal languages	Malayalam Tamil Tulu Kannada Konkani

Tribal languages	Allar Aranadan Mannan Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Paliyan Paniya Ravula Eravallan Irula Kanikkaran language Betta Kurumba language Muthuvan Yerukula Mannan Kodava Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Urali Wayanad Chetti Korra Koraga Mudu Koraga Bellari Kudiya Mala Malasar Malasar Thachanadan Ullatan Kalanadi Kumbaran Kunduvadi Attapady Kurumba Muduga Pathiya Toda language Kota language

Other languages and creoles	Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Cochin Indo-Portuguese Cannanore Indo-Portuguese Tellicherry Indo-Portuguese Quilon Indo-Portuguese Vypin Indo-Portuguese

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