Kui language (India) explained

Kui
Also Known As:	Kanda, Kandh, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
Nativename:	କୁଇ
Pronunciation:	in Oriya pronounced as /kuɪ/
Region:	Odisha
Ethnicity:	Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha
Speakers:	941,000
Date:	2011 census
Script:	Odia script Odia Braille
State:	India
Ref:	e21
Familycolor:	Dravidian
Fam2:	South-Central
Fam3:	Gondi–Kui
Fam4:	Kuvi–Kui
Lc1:	uki
Ld1:	Kui (standard)
Lc2:	dwk
Ld2:	Dawik Kui
Glotto:	kuii1252
Glottorefname:	Kui (India)
Map2:	Lang Status 80-VU.svg

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.^[1] 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

Consonants^[2]

		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal/ P.alv	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Plosive/ Affricate		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Approximant		pronounced as /ink/ ~ pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/
			pronounced as /ink/
Fricative			pronounced as /ink/				pronounced as /ink/
Flap			pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/

Vowels

Kui language has five short vowels and five long vowels.^[3] The vowels are illustrated below in IPA.

! colspan="2"

Front	Central		Back
short	long	short	long	short	long
High	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Mid	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Low			pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/

External links

• Kui basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
• Web site: Proposal to Encode the Kui Gaari in UCS. Unicode.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.
2. Book: Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju. The Dravidian languages. 2003. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0-511-06037-3. 56. null.
3. Book: Winfield, W.W. . A grammar of the Kui language . Printed at the Baptist mission press, Pub. by the Asiatic society of Bengal . Bibliotheca Indica . 1928 . 2020-11-08. 1.