The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: KFF
ISO 639-2: dra
| Population | 330,000 (1997 IMA), including 24,320 Dorli (1972 census). Estimates up to 10,000,000 speakers. |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, south of the Godavari River and in adjoining districts north of the river; Maharashtra; Madhya Pradesh, Bastar District; Orissa, Koraput District, Malkangiri subdivision; 300 km. east to west, 200 km. north to south. |
| Alternate names | KOI, KOI GONDI, KAVOR, KOA, KOITAR, KOYATO, KAYA, KOYI, RAJ KOYA |
| Dialects | MALAKANAGIRI KOYA, PODIA KOYA (GOTTE KOYA), CHINTOOR KOYA (DORLA KOITUR), JAGANATHAPURAM KOYA (GOMMU KOYA, GODAVARI KOYA), DORLI (KORLA, DORA, DOR KOI, DORA KOI, DORLA KOITUR, DORLA KOYA). |
| Classification | Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Konda-Kui, Manda-Kui, Kui-Kuvi. |
| Comments | Chintoor is the linguistic center. The Malakanagiri and Podia varieties are more divergent. A separate language from Gondi. Telugu is their second language but bilingual proficiency is low. Different from Kui and Kuvi. A Scheduled Tribe in India. Investigation needed: attitudes toward Podia. Literacy rate in second language: 7%. Literacy centers. Some Telugu materials available. Telugu, Oriya, and Devanagari scripts. Roman script reportedly preferred by Koya leaders. Swidden agriculturalists, peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu. NT 1997. |
