Adilabad Gondi
Adilabad Gondi is a Dravidian language spoken in India.
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Gondi (Gōṇḍī, IPA: [ɡoːɳɖiː]), natively known as Koitur (Kōī, Kōītōr, IPA: [koː.iː, koː.iː.t̪oːr]), 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. Gondi is the largest minor Dravidian language by number of speakers.
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Words in Adilabad Gondi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manal* | |
| name | porol* | |
| eye | gube* | |
| ear | kevi* | |
| nose | mosor* | |
| tooth | pal* | |
| tongue | ve5jer* | |
| hand | key* | |
| blood | netur* | |
| bone | boka* | |
| knee | toNgra* | |
| breast | dudo* | |
| liver | taraki* | |
| water | yer* | |
| fire | kis* | |
| sun | pord* | |
| star | sukum* | |
| stone | banda* | |
| mountain | meta* | |
| tree | mara* | |
| leaf | aki* | |
| dog | ney* | |
| fish | min* | |
| louse | purki* | |
| one | undi* | |
| two | rand* | |
| I | nana* | |
| you | nime* | |
| we | momot* | |
| drink | un* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- GondiDravidian70% alike
- Aheri GondiDravidian63% alike
- Western MuriaDravidian59% alike
- Dandami MariaDravidian58% alike
- Maria (India)Dravidian48% alike
- Far Western MuriaDravidian45% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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