Kui language (Dravidian)

Kui language (Dravidian)

Infobox language
region=India
name=Kui
speakers=700,000 (1997)
familycolor=Dravidian
fam2=South Central
iso3=kxu

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 Orissa, and written in the Oriya script. With 641,662 registered native speakers, it figures at rank 29 in the 1991 Indian census.

Distinct but closely related are the Gondi, Konda and Kuvi languages.


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