Chenchu language

Chenchu
Chenchu
చెంచు
Native to	India
Region	Andhra Pradesh (highest concentration in Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district), Telangana, Karnataka and Orissa
Ethnicity	Chenchu people
Native speakers	26,000 (2007)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Proto-Telugu Chenchu; ; ;
Writing system	Telugu alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cde
Glottolog	chen1255

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 28,754 people (1981 census) of the Chenchu Aboriginal forests hunter-gatherer tribe. It is also called Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu.

References[edit]

↑ Chenchu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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[e18-1] Chenchu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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