KEX ISO 639-3
Kukna
कुक्णा (Kukana) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- kex
- Alternate Names
- Kanara, Kanara Konkani, Kokna, Kokni
- Autonym
- कुक्णा (Kukana)
- Population
- 517,000, all users. L1 users: 417,000 (2011 census). L2 users: 100,000 (1998).
- Location:
- Gujarat state: Dangs and Valsad districts; Karnataka state: Dakshina Kannada (Kanara) district; Maharashtra state: Dhule, Nasik, and Thane districts, Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Rajasthan state.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Konkani
- Dialects
- None known. Dhule District Kukna has 98%–100% intelligibility with Khandesi [khn].
- Language Use
- Also use Khandesi [khn], especially a group of Kukna in Dhule District. Used as L2 by Khandesi [khn].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Some literacy work being done. Radio. NT: 1977–2002.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kukna
- Writing
- Devanagari script [Deva]. Gujarati script [Gujr].
- Other Comments
- May be the same as Dangi [dhn]. Hindu.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Gujarat state: Dangs and Valsad districts; Karnataka state: Dakshina Kannada (Kanara) district; Maharashtra state: Dhule, Nasik, and Thane districts, Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Rajasthan state.
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