Kui (India)
Kui (India) is a Dravidian language spoken in India, by about 645 thousand people.
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Kui (IPA: [kuiː], also Kand(h)a, Khond(i/o), Kanda, Kodu(lu) (Kōdu), 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.
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Words in Kui (India)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tanju* | |
| name | pada* | |
| ear | kiru* | |
| nose | mungeli* | |
| hand | kaju* | |
| blood | ତୂଗୁ | tūgu |
| bone | prenu* | |
| breast | srangu* | |
| water | ସିରୁ | siru |
| sun | vela* | |
| star | sukanga* | |
| stone | vadi* | |
| mountain | soru* | |
| tree | mrahnu* | |
| leaf | aku* | |
| night | nagandi* | |
| dog | nakuri* | |
| fish | minu* | |
| pig | ପଜି | paji |
| louse | penu* | |
| one | ro* | |
| two | ri* | |
| I | anu* | |
| you | inu* | |
| we | aju* | |
| drink | unba* | |
| see | mehpa* | |
| hear | venba* | |
| die | sava* | |
| come | vava* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Manda (India)Dravidian37% alike
- KuviDravidian36% alike
- PengoDravidian34% alike
- Konda-DoraDravidian30% alike
- Aheri GondiDravidian23% alike
- Kumarbhag PahariaDravidian22% alike
Grammar
- KuviDravidian91% alike
- TeluguDravidian87% alike
- Southeastern KolamiDravidian86% alike
- Northwestern KolamiDravidian85% alike
- Pottangi Ollar GadabaDravidian84% alike
- KambaataAfro-Asiatic82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kuii1252 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kxu