Gondi people

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The Gondi people are an indigenous Adivasi community of central India, known for their Dravidian language, rich folk traditions, and distinctive Gond art.

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Label Occurrences
Gondi people canonical 17
Gonds 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community
ethnic group
indigenous people
artMotifs animals
mythological figures
nature-inspired patterns
trees
artStyle Gond painting
wall murals
clanSystem totemic clans
country India
culturalRegion Gondwana region
linked to: Gondwana
demographicStatus one of the largest Adivasi groups in India
ethnicity Gond
historicalPolity Gondwana
historicalRulers Deogarh kingdom
Garha-Mandla kingdom
Gond kings
linked to: Gond kingdoms
knownFor Gond art
dance forms
folk traditions
oral epics
traditional music
language Gondi language
languageFamily Dravidian languages
modernDevelopment efforts to develop Gondi script
politicalMovement Gondwana statehood demands
primaryRegion Central India
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe
religion Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Sarnaism
animism
scheduledTribeStatusIn India
scriptStatus traditionally oral language
significantPopulationIn Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha
linked to: Orissa

Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihoods
hunting and gathering
shifting cultivation
traditionalReligion Gondi religion

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Southern Gondi spokenBy Gondi people
Gondi script usedBy Gondi people
Gondi script associatedEthnicGroup Gondi people
Dorla Gondi ethnicGroup Gondi people
Gondi–Kui subgroup spokenBy Gondi people
The Krotons featuresSpecies Gonds
linked to: Gondi people
Northern Gondi spokenBy Gondi people
Aheri Gondi spokenBy Gondi people
Chanda Gondi spokenBy Gondi people
Koya people relatedGroup Gondi people
Dorla subgroup partOf Gondi people
Dorla people relatedEthnicGroup Gondi people
Gōṇḍī spokenBy Gondi people
Gōṇḍī ethnicGroup Gondi people
Kolam people relatedEthnicGroup Gondi people
Manda people relatedEthnicGroup Gondi people
Gondi–Kui languages spokenBy Gondi people