Langenesis

Dravidian family

Gondi

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Gondi (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Dravidian language. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Proto-South-Central Dravidian → Gondi.

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Speakers
3M (3,000,000)
ISO 639-3
gon

South-Central Dravidian dialect continuum of central India, spoken by the Gond people. Start date is nominal.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-South-Central Dravidianc. 1,100 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Gondic. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-South-Central Dravidian.

Sources