Kaikadi language

Kaikadi
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.

^ "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.