gonTechnical information about ISO 639 language code gon
The table below provides technical details for the Gondi language, designated by the gon code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Gondi |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Northern GondiSouthern GondiAheri GondiMadiya (Maria/Abujhmaria)Muria |
| Related languages | KoyaKondaKolamiNaikiPardhan |
| Key facts | Belongs to the South-Central branch of the Dravidian familyWritten in several scripts, including Devanagari, Telugu, Masaram Gondi and the recently-revived Gunjala Gondi LipiFewer than half of the Gond people now speak it natively, so it is considered endangeredThe oldest known Gondi manuscript dates to the 18th century but was first deciphered only in the 21st centuryIts lexicon contains many loan-words from neighbouring Indo-Aryan languages such as Marathi and Hindi. |
| Sample phrase | जोहार, नी साका? |
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| Supported in Localizely |
The Gondi language, identified by the code gon, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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