ESG ISO 639-3
Gondi, Aheri
कोयम (Koyam), गोंडी (Gondi) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- esg
- Alternate Names
- Koyam, Raj Gond
- Autonym
- कोयम (Koyam), गोंडी (Gondi)
- Population
- 150,000 (2015 B. Kurian). All Gondi speakers: 2,910,000 (2011 census).
- Location:
- Maharashtra state: Gadchiroli district; Telangana state: Adilabad district.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi
- Dialects
- Sironcha, Etapally Gondi, Bhamragarh. Sironcha dialect understood best by the others, with 73%–98% intelligibility. 49%–58% intelligibility of Northern Gondi [gno]. Lexical similarity: 34%–43% with Adilabad Gondi [wsg]. A member of macrolanguage Gondi [gon].
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use English [eng].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1962.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Gondi, Aheri
- Writing
- Devanagari script [Deva].
- Other Comments
- Hindu, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Maharashtra state: Gadchiroli district; Telangana state: Adilabad district.
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