Kui language (India)
Kui | |
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Region | India |
Ethnicity | Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha |
Native speakers | 941,988 (2011 census)[1] |
Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
kxu |
Glottolog |
kuii1252 [2] |
Kui (also Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu (Kōdu), Kodulu, Kuinga (Kūinga), Kuy) is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds. It is mostly spoken in Odisha, and written in the Odia script. With 641,662 registered native speakers, it figures at rank 29 in the 1991 Indian census. The Kui language was also referred to as the Kalinga language during the historical period.
Distinct but closely related are the Gondi and Kuvi languages
Phonology
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k | ||
voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | |||
Approximant | central | ʋ ~ b | j | ||||
lateral | l | ||||||
Fricative | s | (ç ?) | h | ||||
Flap | ɾ | ɽ |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kui (India)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.
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