Konda-Dora
[aka Porja, Koṇḍa, Konḍa (Kūbi)]Classification: Dravidian
·vulnerable
Classification: Dravidian
·vulnerable
Porja, Koṇḍa, Konḍa (Kūbi), Konda, Konḍa |
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Dravidian, South Dravidian |
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Telugu script |
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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge
Andhra Pradesh state, Visakhapatnam and Srıkakulam districts, and Orissa state, Koraput district.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Telugu; Adivasi Oriya
Many ethnic Konda-Dora have adopted Telugu as their first language.
Konda-Dora in Andhra Pradesh, Visianagaram, Srikakulam, East Godavari districts; Kubi in Orissa, Koraput District; Assam
Information from: “Endangerment of lesser-known tribal languages: with focus on central and southern India” . Reddy, B. Ramakrishna (2016) SEL
"The speakers of Konda are bilinguals in Telugu besides their mother tongue. The percentage of bilingualism is around sixty percent. The speakers use Adivasi Oriya as a lingua franca in communicating with other tribals [sic] and also as a language of their oral literature."
Telugu; Adivasi Oriya
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press