ISO 639-3 kxu Native speakers 920,000 Native to India | Glottolog kuii1252 Language family Dravidian languages Region Odisha | |
Ethnicity Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha Spoken by Khonds, Sitha Kandha , Dal | ||
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, Konda and Kuvi languages.
References
Kui language (India) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA