KUI: a language of India

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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: KXU

ISO 639-2: dra

Population 717,000 (1997 IMA). 
Region Orissa, Phulbani, Koraput, Ganjam districts, Udayagiri area in Ganjam; Andhra Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh; Tamil Nadu.
Alternate names   KANDH, KHONDI, KHOND, KHONDO, KANDA, KODU, KODULU, KUINGA, KUY
Dialects KHONDI, GUMSAI.
Classification Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Konda-Kui, Manda-Kui, Kui-Kuvi.
Comments Spoken by the Dal and Sitha Kandha as mother tongue. Different from Kuvi and Koya (Koi). Kondh is a Scheduled Tribe. Christian, traditional religion. NT 1954-1975.

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