Gondi, Southern
A language of India
| Population | 100,000 (2004). |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, Adilabad District; Maharashtra, south Yavatmal, south Chandrapur and southeast Garhchiroli districts; Chhattisgarh. |
| Alternate names | Koi Gondi, Telugu Gondi |
| Dialects | Sironcha, Nirmal (Adilabad), Bhamragarh, Utnoor, Aheri, Rajura, Etapally Gondi. Sironcha dialect understood best by the others, with 90%–98% intelligibility. 49%–58% intelligibility of Northern Gondi [gno]. Lexical similarity: 64%–90% among dialects. |
| Classification | Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi A member of macrolanguage Gondi [gon] (India). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1962. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. Telugu script. |
| Comments | People are called Gond. Swidden agriculturalists; hunters; fishermen. Traditional religion, Hindu. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
PENNY, Joanna; PENNY, Mark, compilers. 2012. Gondi Dictionary : Adilabad Gondi - English - Hindi.
PENNY, Joanna; PENNY, Mark; RAO, Pendur Durnath, compilers. 2005. Gondi dictionary.
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