Odia (secondary, in Odisha) Konda-Dora, also known simply as Konda or Kubi, is a Dravidian language spoken in India.
[2] Most speakers of Konda have also learned Telugu because of economic pressures to be able to integrate into the larger economy and region.
[1] Konda is classified as a Dravidian language, in the same family as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu.
Konda is classified as a member of the South-Central branch of the Dravidian language family, in the same grouping as its much larger neighbor Telugu, as well as neighboring minority languages, namely Gondi, Kui, Kuvi, Pengo, and Manda.
[3] All South-Central Dravidian languages are believed to have diverged from the Southern branch of Proto-Dravidian several centuries BCE.
[5] Alveolar Consonants in Konda are roughly in line with those of other Dravidian languages like Telugu, albeit with some small differences.
[3] Sonorants, in contrast to obstruents, are all voiced, except for /ʔ/ (which is always voiceless), and include nasals, liquids, semi-consonants, and flaps.
[3] Konda also exhibits triple consonant clusters, almost all of which follow the pattern of sonorant+obstruent+sonorant (SOS).
[5] Konda, as in other Dravidian languages, exhibits a number of cases, each with separate endings used to denote certain situations.
In the case of Konda, the common ending for the accusative and dative cases is thought to have originated via a combination of the two endings; the accusative -n combined with the dative -k, and these sounds merged to form the dorsal nasal /ŋ/, rather than a consonant cluster /-nk/.
Krishnamurti's 1969 book Koṇḍa or Kūbi: A Dravidian Language[5] (Note*- This example does not include the instrumental-ablative case) In Konda, verbs are only inflected for tense and/or mood.
All of these verb forms are generally monosyllabic and as previously noted, typically end in consonants.