Chenchu language explained

Chenchu
Nativename:చెంచు
States:India
Region:Andhra Pradesh (highest concentration in Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district), Telangana (Mahabubnagar district), Karnataka and Orissa
Ethnicity:Chenchu people
Speakers:26,000
Date:2007
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Dravidian
Fam2:Southern
Fam3:Southern II
Fam4:Teluguic
Script:Telugu alphabet
Iso3:cde
Glotto:chen1255
Glottorefname:Chenchu
Notice:Indic

Chenchu language is a Dravidian language which belongs to the Telugu branch of its South-Central family. This language is spoken mostly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India by about 280,764 people (1981 census) of the Chenchu Aboriginal forests hunter-gatherer tribe. It is also called Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu.