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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Konda
|nativename=కొండ
| pronunciation = {{IPA-te|koɳɖa|IPA}}
|region=[[India]]
|ethnicity=Konda-Dora
|speakers=60,699
|date=2011 census
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>
|familycolor=Dravidian
|fam2 = South-Central
|fam3 = Gondi–Kui
|fam4 = Dora
|iso3=kfc
|glotto=kond1295
|glottorefname=Konda-Dora
}}

'''Konda''', also known as '''Konda-Dora''', is one of the [[Dravidian languages]] spoken in India. It is spoken by the [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled tribe]] of the Konda-Dora who mostly live in the districts of Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, and East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, Koraput district in Odisha and Assam. It is sometimes written in Telugu script and Odia Script. Some text books have been developed for schools up to 5th standard.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/the-dying-tongues-of-telangana-and-andhra/articleshow/57253816.cms  The dying tongues of Telangana and Andhra - Times of India]</ref>

A unique writing system was developed by [[Sathupati Prasanna Sree]] for use with the language.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.omniglot.com/writing/konda.htm | title = Konda-Dora | access-date = 11 November 2017 | website= Omniglot}}</ref>

==Phonology==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+[[Consonants]]<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=70|edition=null}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=2| 
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
![[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]/<br>[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
!colspan=2| [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA|m}} || {{IPA|n}} || {{IPA|ɳ}} || {{IPA|ŋ}}
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Stop consonant|Stop]]
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|t̪}} || {{IPA|ʈ}} || {{IPA|k}}
|-
! {{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| {{IPA|b}} || {{IPA|d̪}} || {{IPA|ɖ}} || {{IPA|ɡ}}
|-
!rowspan=2| [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| || {{IPA|s}} || || ({{IPA|h}})
|-
! {{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| || {{IPA|z}} || ||
|-
!colspan=2| [[Flap consonant|Tap]]
| || {{IPA|ɾ}} || {{IPA|ɽ}} ||
|-
!rowspan=2| [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| || {{IPA|r̥}} || ||
|-
! {{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| || {{IPA|r}} || ||
|-
!rowspan=2| [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! {{small|[[central consonant|central]]}}
| {{IPA|w}} || || || {{IPA|j}}  
|-
! {{small|[[Lateral consonant|lateral]]}}
| || {{IPA|l}} || {{IPA|ɭ}} ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\drv\gku&first=0 Konda basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]

{{Dravidian languages}}

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[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]
[[Category:Dravidian languages]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]


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