Gondoid languages

Gondoid languages
Geographic distribution	Throughout Central India, mostly Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha
Ethnicity	Gonds
Linguistic classification	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Gondoid languages
Subdivisions	Gondi Muria Koya Madiya Khirwar?
Language codes
Glottolog	gond1265

The Gondoid languages are a subgroup of the indigenous family that includes Gondi and related languages. Gondi proper is the most widely spoken language, with over 10 million speakers.^[1] Other languages in this subgroup include Muria, Madiya, and Koya. It is undetermined whether Pardhan is a separate language or a dialect of Gondi, although current fieldwork suggests it is a dialect.^[2] Khirwar is a poorly-attested language spoken by people in the general Gond area, and so is assumed to be related to Gondi.

Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Gondoid languages as follows:^[3]

Gondoid	Northwest Gondi Northern Gondi Southwest Gondi Muria Eastern Muria Western Muria Southern Gondi Adilabad Gondi Eastern Gondi Aheri Gondi Far Western Muria Southeast Gondi Madiya South Bastar Gondi‑Koya Dandami Madiya Koya Khirwar? Nagarchal? Pardhan?

References

1. "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
2. Thangmulian, Valte; Mathai, Elrose K.; George, Symon (August 2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Pardhan Community of Central India". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.559.17.
3. Hammarström, Harald (2025-11-10). "Gondi". Glottolog. Retrieved 2025-11-10.