Gondi languages | |
Ethnicity: | Gonds |
Region: | Throughout Central India, mostly Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha |
Familycolor: | Dravidian |
Fam2: | South-Central |
Fam3: | GondiāKui |
Child1: | Gondi |
Child2: | Muria |
Child3: | Koya |
Child4: | Madiya |
Child5: | Khirwar? |
Glotto: | gond1265 |
Glottorefname: | Gondi |
The Gondi languages are a subgroup of the indigenous family that includes Gondi and related languages. Gondi proper is the most widely spoken language, with over 10 million speakers.[1] Other languages in this subgroup include Muria, Madiya, and Koya. It is undetermined whether Pardhan is a separate language or a dialect of Gondi, although current fieldwork suggests it is a dialect.[2] Khirwar is a poorly-attested language spoken by people in the general Gond area, and so is assumed to be related to Gondi.