Kuvi
Kuvi is a Dravidian language spoken in India, by about 350 thousand people.
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Kuvi (IPA: [kuʋi]) is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. The language is one of two spoken by the Kandhas, with the other being the closely related and more dominant Kui language. According to the 2011 Indian census, there are around 155,000 speakers. The orthography is the Odia script. The grammatical structure of this language is comparable to other similar languages such as Kui which all fall under the classification of a Dravidian language.
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Words in Kuvi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mansi* | |
| name | doru* | |
| eye | kanu* | |
| ear | kriyu* | |
| nose | mungeli* | |
| tooth | pala* | |
| hand | keyu* | |
| blood | neteri* | |
| bone | dumu* | |
| skin | tolu* | |
| knee | menda* | |
| breast | rangu* | |
| liver | tra7na* | |
| water | ଏ୕ୟୁ | ēyu |
| sun | gama* | |
| star | huka* | |
| stone | kalu* | |
| tree | marnu* | |
| leaf | aku* | |
| night | nekeri* | |
| dog | nehruri* | |
| fish | mninu* | |
| louse | penu* | |
| one | eka* | |
| two | duyi* | |
| I | nanu* | |
| you | ninu* | |
| we | mambu* | |
| drink | un* | |
| see | meh* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Manda (India)Dravidian42% alike
- Konda-DoraDravidian39% alike
- PengoDravidian38% alike
- Kui (India)Dravidian36% alike
- Aheri GondiDravidian28% alike
- Western MuriaDravidian28% alike
Grammar
- Kui (India)Dravidian91% alike
- MuthuvanDravidian88% alike
- Northwestern KolamiDravidian86% alike
- Southeastern KolamiDravidian85% alike
- Korra KoragaDravidian85% alike
- TeluguDravidian85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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