Holiya language

Holiya
Holiya
Native to	India
Region	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Native speakers	500 (2002 survey)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Kannada–Badaga Kannadoid Holiya; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hoy
Glottolog	holi1239

Holiya (Golari) is a southern Dravidian language closely related to Kannada.

It was spoken by about 3,614 persons in Nagpur and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra (Vidarbha) and Seoni and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh as per 1901 census.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Holiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Grierson, G. A. "The Linguistic Survey of India". DSAL - The Record News. Government of India.
^ Harshitha, Samyuktha (9 September 2013). "Kannada dialects spoken outside Karnataka". SamharshBangalore.

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[e18-1] Holiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Grierson, G. A. "The Linguistic Survey of India". DSAL - The Record News. Government of India.

[3] Harshitha, Samyuktha (9 September 2013). "Kannada dialects spoken outside Karnataka". SamharshBangalore.

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