Kuvi language

Kuvi 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.

Kuvi
Kuwi, Kuvinga, Kond, Khondi, Jatapu
କୁଭି, କୁୱି
Native toIndia
RegionOdisha, Andhra Pradesh
Ethnicity1,627,486 Khonds (2011 census)
Native speakers
155,548 (2011 census)
Dravidian
  • South-Central
    • Gondi–Kui
      • Kuvi–Kui
        • Kuvi
Odia
Language codes
ISO 639-3kxv
Glottologkuvi1243
ELPKuvi
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