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Kui language (India)

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.[3] 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.

Kui
Kanda, Kandh, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
କୁଇ
Pronunciation[kuɪ]
Native toIndia
RegionOdisha
EthnicityKhonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha
Native speakers
941,000 (2011 census)[1]
Dravidian
  • South-Central
    • Gondi–Kui
      • Kuvi–Kui
        • Kui
Odia script
Odia Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
uki – Kui (standard)
dwk – Dawik Kui
Glottologkuii1252
ELPKui (India)
Kui is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Phonology edit

Vowels edit

Kui language has five short vowels and five long vowels.[5] The vowels are illustrated below in IPA.[6]

Vowels[7]
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

References edit

  1. ^ Kui (standard) at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)  
    Dawik Kui at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)  
  2. ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. from the original on 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Krishnamurti (2003), p. 70.
  7. ^ Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72

External links edit

  • Kui basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
  • "Proposal to Encode the Kui Gaari in UCS" (PDF). Unicode.


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