Gondi language

Gondi
गोण्डि, గోణ్డి
Gōṇḍī (Kōītōr) written in Gunjala Gondi, Masaram Gondi, Telugu and Devanagari scripts
Native toIndia
RegionGondwana
EthnicityGondi
Native speakers
2.98 million (2011 census)[1]
Dravidian
Telugu script, Devanagari, Odia script, Gunjala script, Masaram script (See Gondi scripts)
Language codes
ISO 639-2gon
ISO 639-3gon – inclusive code
Individual codes:
gno – Northern Gondi
esg – Aheri Gondi
wsg – Adilabad Gondi
Glottolognort3258
Areas where Gondi is spoken. Koya not included.
Gondi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
PersonGōṇḍ
PeopleGōṇḍir
LanguageGōṇḍī, Kōī, Kōītōr
CountryGōṇḍvana

Gondi (Gōṇḍī), natively known as Koitur (Kōī, Kōītōr), is a South-Central Dravidian language, spoken by about three million Gondi people,[2] chiefly in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and by small minorities in neighbouring states. Although it is the language of the Gond people, it is highly endangered, with only one fifth of Gonds speaking the language. Gondi has a rich folk literature, examples of which are wedding songs and narrations. Gondi people are ethnically related to the Telugus.

  1. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ Beine, David K. 1994. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Gondi-speaking Communities of Central India. M.A. thesis. San Diego State University. chpt. 1