Kupia language

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Kupia
Valmiki
Native toIndia
RegionOdisha,Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Ethnicity79,000 (2007)[1]
Native speakers
6,600 (2007)[1]
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
Telugu script
Language codes
ISO 639-3key
Glottologkupi1238

Kupia is an Indo-Aryan language related to Odia and spoken by Valmiki people in the Indian state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The Valmiki are a tribal group, concentrated in the agency area of Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts.

Kupia script[]

Kupia language is written using Kupia alphabet that was created by Sathupati Prasanna Sree.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kupia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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