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    Chenchu language

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    Chenchu
    చెంచు
    Native toIndia
    RegionAndhra Pradesh (highest concentration in Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district), Telangana (Mahabubnagar district), Karnataka and Orissa
    EthnicityChenchu people
    Native speakers
    		26,000 (2007)[1]
    Language family
    Dravidian
    • Southern
      • Southern II[2]
        • Teluguic
          • Chenchu
    Writing system
    		Telugu 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

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

    Sources

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