Gondi–Kui languages

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language family branch

The Gondi–Kui languages are a branch of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily by tribal communities in central and eastern India, including languages such as Gondi and Kui.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gondi–Kui group	2
Gondi–Kui languages canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10750555 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gondi–Kui languages
Context triple: [Parji, subgroup, Gondi–Kui languages]

A. Moru–Madi languages
The Moru–Madi languages are a subgroup of related Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
B. Sanglechi–Ishkashimi languages
The Sanglechi–Ishkashimi languages are a small group of closely related Eastern Iranian languages spoken in the mountainous border regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
C. Bugis–Tamanic languages
The Bugis–Tamanic languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in South Sulawesi and surrounding regions of Indonesia, including Buginese and related tongues.
D. Lakkia–Biao languages
The Lakkia–Biao languages are a small branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken by minority communities in southern China, notable for preserving archaic features distinct from the more widespread Tai languages.
E. Teda–Daza languages
The Teda–Daza languages are a closely related pair of Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Toubou people across Chad, Niger, and Libya.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gondi–Kui languages
Target entity description: The Gondi–Kui languages are a branch of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily by tribal communities in central and eastern India, including languages such as Gondi and Kui.

A. Moru–Madi languages
The Moru–Madi languages are a subgroup of related Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
B. Sanglechi–Ishkashimi languages
The Sanglechi–Ishkashimi languages are a small group of closely related Eastern Iranian languages spoken in the mountainous border regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
C. Bugis–Tamanic languages
The Bugis–Tamanic languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in South Sulawesi and surrounding regions of Indonesia, including Buginese and related tongues.
D. Lakkia–Biao languages
The Lakkia–Biao languages are a small branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken by minority communities in southern China, notable for preserving archaic features distinct from the more widespread Tai languages.
E. Teda–Daza languages
The Teda–Daza languages are a closely related pair of Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Toubou people across Chad, Niger, and Libya.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language family branch ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Deccan plateau region ⓘ linked to: Deccan Plateau Eastern Ghats region ⓘ linked to: Eastern Ghats
hasAlternativeName	Gondi–Kui branch ⓘ linked to: Gondi–Kui subgroup Gondi–Kui group ⓘ linked to: Gondi–Kui languages
hasHistoricalOrigin	Proto-Dravidian language ⓘ
hasISOClassification	part of ISO 639-3 codes for individual member languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	SOV word order ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasMember	Gondi language ⓘ Koya language ⓘ Kui language ⓘ Kuvi language ⓘ Manda language ⓘ Pengo language ⓘ
hasStatus	many member languages are endangered ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Gondi group ⓘ linked to: Gondi Kui–Kuvi group ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Devanagari script (for some languages) ⓘ Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ Odia script (for some languages) ⓘ Telugu script (for some languages) ⓘ linked to: Telugu script
languageFamilyBranchOf	Dravidian languages ⓘ
partOf	Dravidian language family ⓘ linked to: Dravidian languages
relatedTo	North Dravidian languages ⓘ South Dravidian languages ⓘ
spokenBy	Gondi people ⓘ Kui people ⓘ tribal communities in India ⓘ
spokenIn	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Chhattisgarh ⓘ India ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Madhya Pradesh ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Odisha ⓘ linked to: Orissa Telangana ⓘ central India ⓘ eastern India ⓘ
studiedIn	Dravidian linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	South-Central Dravidian languages ⓘ linked to: South-Central Dravidian
timeDepth	attested in modern period through colonial and post-colonial linguistic surveys ⓘ
usedIn	folk songs ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ rituals and religious practices ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parji → subgroup → Gondi–Kui languages ⓘ

Aheri Gondi → languageGroup → Gondi–Kui languages ⓘ

Gadaba (Ollari) language → subgroup → Gondi–Kui group ⓘ

linked to: Gondi–Kui languages

Gondi–Kui languages → hasAlternativeName → Gondi–Kui group ⓘ