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Kui language (India)

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Kui
Kanda, Kandh, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
କୁଇ
Pronunciation	[kuɪ]
Native to	India
Region	Odisha
Ethnicity	Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha
Native speakers	941,000 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Kuvi–Kui Kui
Writing system	Odia script Odia Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `uki` – Kui (standard) `dwk` – Dawik Kui
Glottolog	`kuii1252`
ELP	Kui (India)
Kui is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger^[2]

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.

Phonology

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Consonants^[4]
		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal/ P.alv	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɳ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	ʈ	t͡ʃ	k
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	ɖ	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Approximant	central	ʋ ~ b			j
Approximant	lateral		l
Fricative			s				h
Flap			ɾ	ɽ

Vowels

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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	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

References

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^ Kui (standard)atEthnologue (21st ed., 2018)
Dawik KuiatEthnologue (21st ed., 2018)

^ 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. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.

^ "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 2020-11-08.

^ Krishnamurti (2003), p. 70.

^ Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72