Gondi language

Person	Gōṇḍ
People	Gōṇḍir
Language	Gōṇḍī, Kōī, Kōītōr
Country	Gōṇḍvana

Gondi
Gondi
గోండి
	Gōṇḍī (Kōītōr) written in Gunjala Gondi, Masaram Gondi, Telugu and Devanagari scripts
Native to	India
Region	Gondwana
Ethnicity	Gondi
Native speakers	2.98 million (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondi languages Gondi; ; ; ;
Writing system	Telugu script, Devanagari, Odia script, Gunjala script, Masaram script (See Gondi scripts)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	gon
ISO 639-3	gon – inclusive code; Individual codes:; gno – Northern Gondi; esg – Aheri Gondi; wsg – Adilabad Gondi
Glottolog	nort3258
	Areas where Gondi is spoken. Koya not included.
	Gondi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Gondi (Gōṇḍī), natively known as Koitur (Kōī, Kōītōr), is a South-Central Dravidian language, spoken by about three million Gondi people, chiefly in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and by small minorities in neighbouring states. Although it is the language of the Gond people, it is highly endangered, with only one fifth of Gonds speaking the language. Gondi has a rich folk literature, examples of which are wedding songs and narrations. Gondi people are ethnically related to the Telugus.

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