Dhodia–Kukna language

{{short description|Language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Dhodia–Kukna

|nativename=

|states=India

|region=Gujarat

|ethnicity=Kokna, Dhodia

|speakers ={{sigfig|465,900|2}}

|date = 2011 census

|ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}

|familycolor=Indo-European

|fam2=Indo-Iranian

|fam3=Indo-Aryan

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Bhil

|fam6=Central

|script=Gujarati{{cite web|url=http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=kex|title=ScriptSource - Kukna|access-date =2017-02-13}}

|lc1=dho

|ld1=Dhodia

|lc2=kex

|ld2=Kukna

|glotto=dhod1238

|glottorefname=Dhodia-Kukna

}}

The tribal Kukna (Kokna) speak Kukna and Dhodia speak Dhodia in parts of Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.