The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: GGO
ISO 639-2: gon
| Population | 600,000 to 700,000 (1993). |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, Adilabad District; Maharashtra, southern Yavatmal, southern Chandrapur and southeastern Garhichiroli districts. |
| Alternate names | TELUGU GONDI |
| Dialects | SIRONCHA, NIRMAL (ADILABAD), BHAMRAGARH, UTNOOR, AHERI, RAJURA, ETAPALLY GONDI. |
| Classification | Dravidian, South-Central, Gondi-Kui, Gondi. |
| Comments | Sironcha is the dialect understood best by the others, with 90% to 98% intelligibility. 49% to 58% intelligibility of Northern Gondi. 64% to 90% lexical similarity among dialects. Speakers are called 'Gond.' Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Telugu script. Tropical forests, deforested agricultural lands. Plains, hills. Swidden agriculturalists, hunters, fishermen. Traditional religion, Hindu. Bible portions 1962. |
