Dravidian · ISO 639-3 gno
Northern Gondi Language गोंडी
Northern Gondi is a Dravidian language spoken by about 2.7 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Telugu, Devanagari and Masaram Gondi scripts.
Where Northern Gondi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Northern Gondi language
Northern Gondi (गोंडी) is spoken by about 2.7 million people, which makes it the 265th most spoken language in the world — just behind Dyula (2.7 million) and ahead of Nyankole (2.7 million). It belongs to the Dravidian language family and, more precisely, to the Northwest Gondi group within the South Dravidian II branch.
Where is Northern Gondi spoken?
Northern Gondi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (2.7 million).
Northern Gondi is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Northern Gondi is written in the Telugu, Devanagari and Masaram Gondi scripts. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Telugu, Gondi and Waddar.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 gno.
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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.