Gondi
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Key facts
- Native to
- India
- Region
- Gondwana
- Ethnicity
- Gondi
- Native speakers
- 2.98 million (2011 census)
- Language family
- Dravidian Southern South-Central Gondi languages Gondi
- Writing system
- Telugu script , Devanagari , Odia script , Gunjala script , Masaram script (See Gondi scripts )
- Iso 639 2
- gon
- Iso 639 3
- gon – inclusive code, Individual codes:, gno – Northern Gondi, esg – Aheri Gondi, wsg – Adilabad Gondi
- Glottolog
- nort3258
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Gondi (Gōṇḍī, IPA: [ɡoːɳɖiː]), natively known as Koitur (Kōī, Kōītōr, IPA: [koː.iː, koː.iː.t̪oːr]), is a South-Central Dravidian language, spoken by about three million Gondi people, 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. Gondi is the largest minor Dravidian language by number of speakers.
Endangerment