The Kodu is Kui speking tribe of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh .Kui belongs to the Dravidian group of languages and has considerable resemblance with Telugu, Kanarese and Tamil in grammar. Kui does not share any commonality with Oriya which is of Indo-Aryan origin and is spoken by the Oriyas , the neighbours of the Kondhs. Kui still remains a good example of a Dravidian language almost 24 unaffectd by non-Dravidian elements. Nevertheless, several Oriya words are used in Kui language because of close interaction between the two settlements. To know more about this tribe we traveled to their hamlets in Arku valley of Andhra Pradesh
Anchor: Shyam Sundar
