Gondi, Aheri

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Koyam, Raj Gond
Autonym
कोयम‎ (Koyam), गोंडी‎ (Gondi)
User Population

150,000 (2015 B. Kurian). All Gondi speakers: 2,910,000 (2011 census).

Location

Maharashtra state: Gadchiroli district; Telangana state: Adilabad district.

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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.