Dravidian · ISO 639-3 gon
Gondi Language गोंडी
Gondi is a Dravidian language spoken by about 3.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Telugu, Gunjala Gondi and Masaram Gondi scripts.
Where Gondi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Gondi
Language family
- Dravidian
- South Dravidian
- South Dravidian II
- Gondi
Writing system
Telugu, Gunjala Gondi and Masaram Gondi scripts
Related languages
About the Gondi language
Gondi (गोंडी) is spoken by about 3.2 million people. It belongs to the Dravidian language family and, more precisely, to the South Dravidian II group within the South Dravidian II branch.
Where is Gondi spoken?
Gondi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (3.4 million).
Gondi is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Gondi is written in the Telugu, Gunjala Gondi and Masaram Gondi scripts.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Telugu, Northern Gondi and Waddar.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 gon.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.