Chenchu language

Chenchu language
Chenchu
Spoken in India
Region Andhra Pradesh (highest concentration in Kurnool district), Karnataka and Orissa
Ethnicity Chenchu people
Native speakers 28,754 (1981 census)[1]
Language family
Dravidian
  • Central
    • Telugu–Kui
      • Telugu
        • Chenchu
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cde
Indic script
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Chenchu language is a Dravidian language which belongs to the Telugu branch of its South-Central family. This language is spoken mostly in Andhra Pradesh state in India. This language is spoken by about 28,754 persons (1981 census) of the Chenchu Aboriginal forests hunter-gatherer tribe. It is also called as Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu.

Notes

  1. ^ Ethnologue report for Chenchu



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