Kuvi language

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Kuvi language is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken by the Kuvi people in parts of eastern India, particularly in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
natural language
belongsToSubgroup Kui–Kuvi subgroup NERFINISHED
classificationAccordingTo Ethnologue NERFINISHED
Glottolog NERFINISHED
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Kuvi people NERFINISHED
family Dravidian language family NERFINISHED
glottocode kuvi1243
hasAlternativeName Kuvi NERFINISHED
Kuvinga NERFINISHED
hasContactWith Odia language NERFINISHED
Telugu language NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
postpositions
rich case system
verb-final syntax
hasLoanwordsFrom Odia language NERFINISHED
Telugu language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
nasalized consonants
retroflex consonants
hasScriptStatus primarily oral
isMinorityLanguageIn Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED
Odisha NERFINISHED
iso639-3Code kxv
isSpokenNear Kondhmal district NERFINISHED
Koraput district NERFINISHED
Visakhapatnam district NERFINISHED
isTaughtInformallyIn community schools
languageBranch South Dravidian NERFINISHED
languageFamilyDivision Central Dravidian NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Kui language NERFINISHED
Odia language
Telugu language NERFINISHED
region eastern India
relatedLanguage Kui language NERFINISHED
spokenBy Kuvi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED
India
Odisha NERFINISHED
subfamily South-Central Dravidian languages NERFINISHED
usedInDomain folk songs
local religious practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Odia script NERFINISHED

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Gondi language closelyRelatedTo Kuvi language
Kui language closelyRelatedTo Kuvi language
Pengo closelyRelatedTo Kuvi language
Konda-Dora hasCloseRelation Kuvi language
Gondi–Kui subgroup hasMember Kuvi language
Koya relatedTo Kuvi language
Manda relatedTo Kuvi language