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The Sholaga (Soliga) language is a Dravidian language related to Kannada and Tamil, spoken by the Soliga people.

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Sholaga
Soliga
Native to	India
Region	Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Ethnicity	Soliga
Native speakers	24,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Kannada Sholaga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sle
Glottolog	shol1240
ELP	Sholaga

Other names

Sholaga language, is also known as Kadu Sholigar, Sholiga, Sholigar, Solaga, Soliga, Soligar, Solanayakkans, Sholanayika.

Classification

Sholaga is classified as a Dravidian language, more specifically South Dravidian. Dravidian languages are split into five main categories by the name of Southern, South Central, Central, North and Unclassified. Sholaga falls into the Southern category which is then split into the three categories: Tamil-Kannada, Macro-Tulu, and unclassified. Sholaga falls into the Tamil-Kannada category.

Words

English	Sholaga
tiger	dodinayi
elephant	coquedana
elephant with huge tusks	coquedonga
female elephant with growing tusks	coreyani
deer	Maan
Sambar deer	kadave
Chital	saraga
Moss Deer	koore
muntjac	tadu-koori
Area with boulders and rarely any rain	udugaru
An evergreen forest	Patchai kadu

References

External links

• OLAC resources
• Si, A. (2011). ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa: Documenting traditional biological and ecological knowledge: An Indian example

На других языках

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- [en] Sholaga language

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[fr] Sholaga

Le sholaga (ou sholega, autonyme sōlagaru māṭu[2]) est une langue dravidienne, parlée par environ 24 000 personnes qui vivent majoritairement dans les districts de Mysore et de Dakshina Kannada de l'État de Karnataka, ainsi que dans les collines de Nilgiri, dans l'État de Tamil Nadu, en Inde[3].

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