Kui_language_(India)

Kui language (India)

Kui language (India)

Dravidian language spoken in Eastern India

Not to be confused with Kui language (Indonesia) or Kuy language.

Kui (କୁଇ)(also Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu (Kōdu), Kodulu, Kuinga (Kūinga), Kuy) is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken by the Kandhas, eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is mostly spoken in Odisha, and written in the Odia script. With 941,988 registered native speakers, it figures at rank 29 in the 1991 Indian census.[2] The Kui language was also referred to as the Kuinga language during the historical period. It is closely related to the Gondi and Kuvi languages.

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Vowels

Kui language has five short vowels and five long vowels.[4] The vowels are illustrated below in IPA.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kui (standard) at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon
    Dawik Kui at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.
  4. [4]
    Winfield, W.W. (1928). A grammar of the Kui language. Bibliotheca Indica. Printed at the Baptist mission press, Pub. by the Asiatic society of Bengal. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  5. [5]
    Krishnamurti (2003), p. 70.
  6. [6]
    Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72


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