Kuvi language

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Kuvi
Native to	India
Region	Orissa, Andhra Pradesh
Ethnicity	Khonds
Native speakers	160,000 (2001 census)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Kuvi–Kui Kuvi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kxv`

Kuvi is a Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds. It is mostly spoken in Orissa.

References

↑ Kuvi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

v t e Dravidian languages

Southern	Allar Badaga Bellari Irula Kanikkaran Kannada Kodava Koraga Kota Kurumba Malayalam Paliyan Tamil Toda Tulu

South-Central	Abujmaria Gondi Kui Kuvi Konda Koya Manda Nagarchal Pengo Telugu

Central	Kolami Naiki Duruwa Ollari Kondekor

North	Brahui Kurukh Sauria Paharia Kumarbhag Paharia

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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