Chenchu language
Chenchu | |
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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] |
Dravidian
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Telugu alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cde |
Glottolog | chen1255 |
Chenchu language is a
Aboriginal forests hunter-gatherer
tribe. It is also called Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu.
References
- ^ Chenchu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)