Gondi

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Dravidian language language natural language

Gondi is a Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Gondi people in central India, especially across parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and neighboring regions.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language →
language →
natural language →
basicWordOrder SOV →
closelyRelatedTo Koya language →
Kui language →
Kui language →
surface form: "Kuvi language"
country India →
ethnicGroup Gonds →
surface form: "Gondi people"
family Dravidian languages →
surface form: "Dravidian"
hasCaseSystem postpositional case markers →
hasDialects Adilabad Gondi →
Dorla Gondi →
Koya Gondi →
Dorla Gondi →
surface form: "Muria Gondi"

Gonds →
surface form: "Northern Gondi"

Southern Gondi →
hasISO639-2Code gon →
hasISO639-3Code gon →
hasNumberCategory plural →
singular →
hasPhonologicalFeature dravidian-type agglutinative morphology →
retroflex consonants →
languageFamily Dravidian languages →
languageStatus vulnerable →
region Bastar region →
Deccan Plateau →
surface form: "Deccan"

Central India →
surface form: "Eastern Madhya Pradesh"

Vidarbha region →
surface form: "Eastern Maharashtra"
scriptDevelopedBy Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram →
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh →
Central India →
Chhattisgarh →
India →
Madhya Pradesh →
Maharashtra →
Orissa →
surface form: "Odisha"

Telangana →
Uttar Pradesh →
subfamily South-Central Dravidian →
usedBy Gondi tribal communities →
usedIn folk songs →
oral tradition →
storytelling →
writingSystem Devanagari script →
surface form: "Devanagari"

Gondi script →
Latin alphabet →
surface form: "Latin script"

Telugu script →

Referenced by (5)

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