Holiya language

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

Holiya
Native to	India
Region	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Native speakers	500 (2002 survey)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Kannada–Badaga Kannadoid Holiya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hoy
Glottolog	holi1239

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

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.