Endangered Languages Project - Kui (India)

Kui (India)

^{[aka Kui (in India), Kandh, Khondi]}

Classification: Dravidian

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at risk

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kui (in India), Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy, Ku
CLASSIFICATION		Dravidian, South Dravidian
ORTHOGRAPHY		Roman and Oriya
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kxu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Khondi Gumsai
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Thriving in some areas, severely endangered in others. The total number given for speakers is probably too low.

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<500,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Kondho tribe

Scripts (Writing system): Roman and Oriya

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Orissa, Ganjam, Baudh-Kondhamal, Koraput; Andhra Pradesh

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
641,662
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Census reports confuse Kui and Kuvi, both of which are called Khond or Kandh." (pg. 25)

PLACES: India

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
916,222
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census data)

PLACES: India

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press