Gondi, Southern

GGO

developing

Alternate Names: Koi Gondi, Telugu Gondi

Dialects: Aheri, Bhamragarh, Etapally Gondi, Nirmal (Adilabad), Rajura, Sironcha, Utnoor. Sironcha dialect understood best by the others, with 73%–98% intelligibility. 49%–58% intelligibility of Northern Gondi ,. Lexical similarity: 64%–90% among dialects. A member of macrolanguage Gondi ,.

Genealogy:

Dravidian
South-Central
Gondi-Kui
Gondi

Demographics: 100,000 (2004 SIL).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1962.

Writing System: Devanagari, Telugu

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Hindu.