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| Native to | India |
| Region | Chinturu, Andhra Pradesh |
| Native speakers | (330,000 cited 1997) |
| Language family | Dravidian
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| ISO 639-3 | kff |
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Koya is a South Central Dravidian language of the Gondi–Kui group. It is possibly mutually unintelligible with Gondi dialects.
Koya is variously written in the Oriya, Telugu, Devanagari or Latin script. With 270,994 registered native speakers, it figures at rank 37 in the 1991 Indian census.
Koya is the language spoken by a tribal community in Integrated Tribal Development Agency(ITDA), Bhadrachalam in Khammam District; ITDA, Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District; ITDA, Kotaramachndrapuram, West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. Apart from that there are Koyas in Chattisgarh State. Koya language is sometimes described as a dialect of Gondi language which is spoken in Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh and in Gondwana region of Central India. There are textbooks developed in Koya language under Mother Tongue based Multilingual Education Programme by Government of Andhra Pradesh and implemented in 50 primary schools in Koya habitations.
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References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003). The Dravidian languages. Oxford University Press. p. 25.
http://www.bhadrachalarama.net/?p=1123
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