Bondo
A language of India
| Population | 9,000 (2002 SIL). Few Lower Bondo are monolingual. 5,565 Upper Bondo and 3,500 Lower Bondo. |
| Region | Orissa, Malkangiri District, Khoirput block, Bondo Hills. |
| Alternate names | Bhonda Bhasha, Bonda, Bondo-Poraja, Nanqa Poroja, Poraja Katha, Remo, Remosum |
| Dialects | Upper Bondo, Lower Bondo. Bhuksa dialect sometimes mentioned as a dialect of Kanauji [bjj]. Lexical similarity: 70%–94% with other Bondo varieties, 45%–51% with Gutob Gadaba [gbj], 22% to 32% with Upper Gata’ [gaq] (Didayi). |
| Classification | Austro-Asiatic, Munda, South Munda, Koraput Munda, Gutob-Remo-Geta’, Gutob-Remo |
| Language use | Positive attitude. Also use Adivasi Oriya [ort]. Few Upper Bondo are bilingual. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 12%. Dictionary. |
| Writing system | Oriya script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Swidden agriculturalists; hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion mixed with Hinduism. |
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