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<div>{{Distinguish|Kui language (Indonesia)|Kuy language}}<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
|name= Kui<br />
|altname = Kanda, Kandh, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy<br />
|nativename = କୁଇ <br />
|pronunciation = {{IPA-or|kuɪ|}}<br />
|region= [[Odisha]]<br />
|ethnicity=[[Khonds]], Dal, Sitha Kandha<br />
|speakers=941,000<br />
|date=2011 census<br />
| script = [[Odia script]]<br/>[[Odia Braille]]<br />
| state = [[India]]<br />
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|ref= e21<br />
|familycolor=Dravidian<br />
|fam2 = South-Central<br />
|fam3 = Gondi–Kui<br />
|fam4 = Kuvi–Kui<br />
|iso3=uki<br />
|glotto=kuii1252<br />
|glottorefname=Kui (India)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kui''' (କୁଇ)(also Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu (Kōdu), Kodulu, Kuinga (Kūinga), Kuy) is a South-Eastern [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] language spoken by the [[Khonds|Kandhas]]. It is mostly spoken in [[Odisha]], and written in the [[Odia script]]. With 941,988 registered native speakers, it figures at [[List of Indian languages by number of native speakers|rank 29]] in the 1991 [[Indian census]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> The Kui language was also referred to as the Kuinga language during the historical period. It is closely related to the [[Gondi language|Gondi]] and [[Kuvi language|Kuvi]] languages.<br />
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==Phonology==<br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|+[[Consonant]]s<ref>{{cite book|last=Krishnamurti|first=Bhadriraju|title=The Dravidian languages|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-511-06037-3|pages=56|edition=null}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| <br />
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]<br />
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]<br />
![[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]<br />
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]<br />
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]<br />
![[Velar consonant|Glottal]]<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]<br />
| {{IPA|m}}<br />
| {{IPA|n}}<br />
| {{IPA|ɳ}}<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]<br />
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}<br />
| {{IPA|p}}<br />
| {{IPA|t}}<br />
| {{IPA|ʈ}}<br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|k}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
! {{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}<br />
| {{IPA|b}}<br />
| {{IPA|d}}<br />
| {{IPA|ɖ}}<br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|ɡ}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]<br />
! {{small|[[central consonant|central]]}}<br />
| {{IPA|ʋ ~ b}}<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|j}}<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
! {{small|[[Lateral consonant|lateral]]}}<br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|l}}<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]<br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|s}}<br />
| <br />
| ({{IPA|ç}} ?)<br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|h}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=2| [[Flap consonant|Flap]]<br />
| <br />
| {{IPA|ɾ}}<br />
| {{IPA|ɽ}}<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|}<br />
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===Vowels===<br />
Kui language has five short vowels and five long vowels.<ref name="Winfield 1928 p.1 ">{{cite book | last=Winfield | first=W.W. | title=A grammar of the Kui language | publisher=Printed at the Baptist mission press, Pub. by the Asiatic society of Bengal | series=Bibliotheca Indica | year=1928 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.37202 | access-date=2020-11-08| page=1}}</ref> The vowels are illustrated below with romanization and IPA alphabet.<ref name="Krishnamurti 2003 p.70 ">{{cite book | last=Krishnamurti | first=B. | title=The Dravidian Languages | publisher=Cambridge University Press | series=Cambridge Language Surveys | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-139-43533-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54fV7Lwu3fMC | access-date=2019-07-17 | page=70}}</ref><br />
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{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center<br />
|+Vowels<br />
|-<br />
!<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Front vowel|Front]]<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Central vowel|Central]]<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Back vowel|Back]]<br />
|-<br />
![[Close vowel|Close]]<br />
|'''{{IPA|i}}''' ''i'' ||'''{{IPA|iː}}''' ''ī''<br />
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | <br />
|'''{{IPA|u}}''' ''u''||'''{{IPA|uː}}''' ''ū''<br />
|-<br />
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]<br />
|'''{{IPA|e}}''' ''e'' ||'''{{IPA|eː}}''' ''ē''<br />
|'''{{IPA|o}}''' ''o''||'''{{IPA|oː}}''' ''ō''<br />
|-<br />
![[Open vowel|Open]]<br />
| colspan="2" | <br />
|'''{{IPA|a}}''' ''a''||'''{{IPA|aː}}''' ''ā''<br />
| colspan="2" | <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\drv\gku&limit=-1 Kui basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]<br />
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{{Languages of India}}<br />
{{Dravidian languages}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kui language (Dravidian)}}<br />
[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]<br />
[[Category:Dravidian languages]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
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