Chenchu language
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| Chenchu | |
|---|---|
| చెంచు | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh (highest concentration in Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district), Telangana (Mahabubnagar district), Karnataka and Orissa |
| Ethnicity | Chenchu people |
Native speakers | 26,000 (2007)[1] |
| Telugu alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cde |
| Glottolog | chen1255 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Chenchu language (IPA: [t͡ʃent͡ʃu]) is a Dravidian language which belongs to the Telugu branch of its South-Central family. This language is spoken mostly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India by about 280,764 people (1981 census) of the Chenchu Aboriginal forests hunter-gatherer tribe.[3] It is also called Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Chenchu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ Zvelebil (1990), p. 57.
- ^ Krishnamurti 2003, p. 208: "Chenchu is a tribal Dravidian language spoken mainly in the Nallamala forests in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana."
Sources
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Further reading
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