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Kui
Kui
Kanda, Kandha, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
କୁଈ
Pronunciation	[kuɪ]
Native to	India
Region	Odisha
Ethnicity	Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha
Native speakers	941,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Kuvi–Kui Kui; ; ; ;
Writing system	Odia script; Odia Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; uki – Kui (standard); dwk – Dawik Kui
Glottolog	kuii1252
ELP	Kui (India)
	Languages in Odisha Kui language
	Kui is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kui (also Kandha, 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.^[3] 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^[4]
		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal/ P.alv	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɳ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	ʈ	t͡ʃ	k
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	ɖ	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Approximant	central	ʋ ~ b			j
Approximant	lateral		l
Fricative			s				h
Flap			ɾ	ɽ

Vowels

Kui language has five short vowels and five long vowels.^[5] The vowels are illustrated below in IPA.^[6]

Vowels^[7]
	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

References

^ Kui (standard) at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
Dawik Kui at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.
^ Winfield, W.W. (1928). A grammar of the Kui language. Bibliotheca Indica. Printed at the Baptist mission press, Pub. by the Asiatic society of Bengal. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
^ Krishnamurti (2003), p. 70.
^ Krishnamurti (2003), pp. 72