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Dravidian language of India

Chenchu
చెంచు
Native toIndia
RegionAndhra Pradesh (highest concentration in Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district), Telangana (Mahabubnagar district), Karnataka and Orissa
EthnicityChenchu people
Native speakers26,000 (2007)
Language familyIndian
Writing systemTelugu alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3cde
Glottologchen1255

Chenchu language 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. It is also called Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu.

References

  1. Chenchu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Zvelebil (1990), p. 57.

Sources

  • Zvelebil, Kamil (1990), Dravidian Linguistics: An Introduction, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, ISBN 978-81-8545-201-2
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