Kuvi

E173497

Kuvi is a Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Kuvi tribal communities in parts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Kuvi canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
South-Central Dravidian language
natural language
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottocode kuvi1243
hasAlternativeName Kuvi Kondh
Kuvinga
hasCulturalAssociation Dongria Kondh people
Jatapu people
hasEthnologueEntry Kuvi
hasLinguisticFeature postpositions instead of prepositions
rich case system
verb-final syntax
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
retroflex consonants
hasScriptStatus primarily oral language
hasWordOrder SOV
influencedBy Odia
Telugu
iso639-3Code kxv
languageFamily Dravidian
linked to: Dravidian languages
neighboringLanguage Odia
Telugu
region Eastern Ghats
northern Andhra Pradesh
southern Odisha
linked to: Odisha (parts)
relatedTo Kui language
spokenBy Kuvi people
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh
India
Odisha
linked to: Orissa
spokenInDistrict Kalahandi district
Koraput district
Rayagada district
Visakhapatnam district
Vizianagaram district
subfamily South-Central Dravidian
subgroup Kui–Kuvi languages
usedByCommunity tribal communities in Andhra Pradesh
tribal communities in Odisha
usedInDomain home and community communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Odia script

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