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.