Kandh language

E485561

The Kandh language, also known as Kui, is a Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Kandha (Khond) tribal communities in the Indian state of Odisha.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kandh language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language ⓘ
South-Central Dravidian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Khond language ⓘ
Kui ⓘ
associatedWithReligion indigenous tribal beliefs ⓘ
associatedWithState Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
belongsTo Indian tribal languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Gondi language ⓘ
Kuvi language ⓘ
country Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
glottologName Kandh ⓘ
linked to: Kandha
hasAlternateSpelling Kandha language ⓘ
Khondh language ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation Kandha ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Kandh (Kui) ⓘ
linked to: Kandha
hasGlottocode kand1308 ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea South Asia ⓘ
hasMajorContactLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflexConsonants ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunityType tribal community ⓘ
hasUsageStatus primarilyOral ⓘ
iso639-3Code kxu ⓘ
languageBranch South-Central Dravidian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
primaryRegion Gajapati district ⓘ
Kandhamal district ⓘ
Rayagada district ⓘ
southern Odisha ⓘ
regionType eastern India ⓘ
spokenBy Kandha people ⓘ
Khond people ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
usedFor folkSongs ⓘ
oralTradition ⓘ
ritualChants ⓘ
usedIn communityDomain ⓘ
homeDomain ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Odia script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kui language → alternativeName → Kandh language ⓘ
Kui → hasAlternativeName → Kandh language ⓘ