| Kuvi | |
|---|---|
| Kuwi, Kuvinga, Kond, Khondi, Jatapu | |
| କୁଭି, କୁୱି | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Odisha, Andhra Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | 1,627,486 Khonds (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 155,548 (2011 census)[1] |
Dravidian
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| Odia | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxv |
| Glottolog | kuvi1243 |
| ELP | Kuvi |
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.