Konda language (Dravidian)

Konda
Region	India
Ethnicity	Konda-Dora
Native speakers	20,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Dora Konda
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kfc`
Glottolog	`kond1295`^[2]

Konda, also known as Konda-Dora, is one of the Dravidian languages spoken in India. It is spoken by the scheduled tribe of the Konda-Dora.

Phonology

Consonants ^[3]
		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Retroflex	Dorsal/Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɳ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪	ʈ	k
Plosive	voiced	b	d̪	ɖ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless		ɳ		(h)
Fricative	voiced		z
Tap			ɾ	ɽ
Trill	voiceless		r̥
Trill	voiced		r
Approximant	central	w			j
Approximant	lateral		l	m

↑ Konda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Konda-Dora". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-511-06037-3.

Southern

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

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

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