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{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in Eastern India}}
{{Infobox language
|name= Kui
|altname = Kanda, Kandh, Khond, Khondi, Khondo, Kodu, Kodulu, Kuinga, Kuy
|nativename = କୁଇ 
|region= Odisha
|ethnicity=Khonds, Dal, Sitha Kandha
|speakers=941,000
|date=2011 census
| script = Odia script<br/>Odia Braille
| state = {{wipe|India}}
|ref= e21
|familycolor=Dravidian
|fam2 = South-Central
|fam3 = Gondi–Kui
|fam4 = Kuvi–Kui
|lc1=uki|ld1=Kui (standard)
|lc2=dwk|ld2=Dawik Kui
|glotto=kuii1252
|glottorefname=Kui (India)
}}

'''Kui''' (କୁଇ)(also Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu (Kōdu), Kodulu, Kuinga (Kūinga), Kuy) is a South-Central [[Social:Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] language spoken by the Kandhas, eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is mostly spoken in Odisha, and written in the Odia script. With 941,988 registered native speakers, it figures at 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 [[Social:Gondi language|Gondi]] and Kuvi languages.

==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=56|edition=null}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=2| 
!Labial
!Dental
!Retroflex
!Palatal/<br>P.alv
!Velar
!Glottal
|-
! colspan=2| Nasal
| {{IPAlink|m}}
| {{IPAlink|n}}
| {{IPAlink|ɳ}}
| 
| 
| 
|-
! rowspan=2| Plosive/<br>Affricate
! {{small|voiceless}}
| {{IPAlink|p}}
| {{IPAlink|t}}
| {{IPAlink|ʈ}}
| {{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}}
| {{IPAlink|k}}
| 
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPAlink|b}}
| {{IPAlink|d}}
| {{IPAlink|ɖ}}
| {{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}
| {{IPAlink|ɡ}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=2| Approximant
! {{small|central}}
| {{IPAlink|ʋ}} ~ {{IPAlink|b}}
| 
| 
| {{IPAlink|j}}
| 
| 
|-
! {{small|lateral}}
| 
| {{IPAlink|l}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! colspan=2| Fricative
| 
| {{IPAlink|s}}
| 
|
| 
| {{IPAlink|h}}
|-
! colspan=2| Flap
| 
| {{IPAlink|ɾ}}
| {{IPAlink|ɽ}}
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Vowels===
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 in IPA.{{sfnp|Krishnamurti|2003|p=70}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Vowels<ref name="bhk">{{harvp|Krishnamurti|2003|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=54fV7Lwu3fMC&q=grantha+script 72]}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! colspan="2" |Central
! colspan="2" |Back
|-
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
|- align="center"
!High
|{{IPAlink|i}}
|{{IPAlink|iː}}
|
|
|{{IPAlink|u}}
|{{IPAlink|uː}}
|- align="center"
!Mid
|{{IPAlink|e}}
|{{IPAlink|eː}}
|
|
|{{IPAlink|o}}
|{{IPAlink|oː}}
|- align="center"
!Low
|
|
|{{IPAlink|a}}
|{{IPAlink|aː}}
|
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[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]


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