Gondi (Gōndi)
Gondi is a Central Dravidian language with about 2 million speakers mainly
in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
and Chhattishgarh.
Few Gondi speakers are able to write their language and there is no written
literature in Gondi. There is a rich oral tradition though. When written, the
Devanagari or Telugu scripts are generally used for Gondi, while the Gond
script, which was created by Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram of Balaghat district, Madhya
Pradesh in 1928, is little used today.
Gondi alphabet (1928)
This is Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram’s script for Gondi
Gond alphabet (2010)
This is a script for Gondi devised by Professor Prasanna Sree of Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Information provided by Professor Prasanna Sree
of Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Link
Information about the Bagatha people and language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondi_language
Details of the Gondi script
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3841.pdf