Kui language (India)
Kui (କୁଇ) | |
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Kanda, Kandh, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy | |
Pronunciation | [kuɪ] |
Native to | India |
Region | Odisha |
Ethnicity | Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha |
Native speakers | 941,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Dravidian
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Odia alphabet Odia Braille | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | uki |
Glottolog | kuii1252 |
ELP | Kui (India) |
Kui (କୁଇ)(also Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu (Kōdu), Kodulu, Kuinga (Kūinga), Kuy) is a South-Eastern Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds. 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 Kalinga language during the historical period.It is closely related to 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 |
Vowels
Kui language has five short vowels and five long vowels.[4]The vowels are illustrated below with romanization and IPA alphabet.[5]
Vowels | ||||||
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Front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i i | iː ī | u u | uː ū | ||
Mid | e e | eː ē | o o | oː ō | ||
Open | a a | aː ā |
References
- ^ Kui (କୁଇ) at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.
- ^ 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 2019-07-17.
- ^ Krishnamurti, B. (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
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