Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Learn Gondi language


Jai Seva... 
Gondi is the language of Gond tribe.  Gond tribals live in central Indian forest areas.  This area is supposed to be the Dandakaranya forest area, mentioned in Ramayan (Mythology).  This language doesn't have a script, and have survived through centuries, but is rapidly becoming extinct, as schools do not teach this language to Gond children, living in eastern Maharashtra, Chattisgad, i.e. central Indian areas.  

documenting here on blog, bit of Gondi language i have come across.  Its an ongoing work, and will keep adding and correct if find mistakes. 

In Gondi language
Explanation in English & English sentence
jai seva
Greetings / hello
Seva seva
Reply to greetings / hello
Niya Poroy batal mhanta
your name what say (what is your name)
poroy batal
short for, "what name"
naava poroy 'xxx' mhanta
my name 'xxx' say (called)
niya batal paali mhanta
Your what last-name /sir-name say (what is your last name?)
Niya natenaa poroy batal mhanta
What is the name of your village (natenaa = village)
Nava natenaa poroy ‘yyy’ mhanta
my village name is ‘yyy’ called
Nik bachok pilang  mhantaag
You   how-many   children have (how many children do you have)
Naaku rend pilang
I have 2 children
Nimaa hik vaay
You here come
Baara kiyala
For what (what-for    to do ) why should I come?
Nimaa beke danton
You where going?  (Where are you going)
Nana ‘xxx’ danton
I am ‘xxx’ going (I am going to ‘xxx’)
Nimaa batal kabaal kinton
You what work doing (what work do you do?)
Nana naagel povanto
I  till  plowing  (I use the plow to do plowing)
Talai nunta
Head aching (do you have head ache?)
Kai, kaal
Hand, leg
Venjar   toha
Tongue   show (show your tongue) – useful for doctors
Palak toha
Teeth show
Mendul nonta
Body ache (do you have body ache?)
Tetha, utha
Stand, sit
Dand   poita
Fever/temperature do you have (do you have fever/temp?)



Similarity with south-Indian language
Poroy – similar to peru
Natenaa – similar to naadu
Kai – hand, similar to Kai
Kaal – leg, similar to Kaal
Talai – head, similar to Tala
Palak – teeth, similar to pallu

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wanna learn basic gondi. People of my generation being gonds cant speak gondi.Do u know of some online tutorials or can u design a module for learners? If we could document the language.

Anonymous said...

I want to learn Gondi. I could never learn Gondi because its not spoken in my home or in the village as well. Its strange that we are such a huge population but many of us donot know our own mother tongue. There should be online tutotirals for learning Gondi to save our language.





Unknown said...

Yes I can make tutorials for learners

Unknown said...

I want to learn normal conversation

prashantkasabe said...

Many Native languages are destroyed by official languages the sweetness of these languges is destroyed when we say the official language is our mother tongue ,the dialects and local and native languages should be revived👍

Unknown said...

I speak Mahrathi

Amit wadive said...

Chokot manda. gondi mobile keyword aap putthar baa .. Play store te hille puttor na makun

Unknown said...

Lack of seriousness in teaching Gondi language in a simplest way to the community people, especially young generation, by the Gondi Language Experts

Unknown said...

Lack of seriousness in teaching Gondi language in a simplest way to the community people, especially young generation, by the Gondi Language
Experts.

G. G. Kursange, Mumbai

Padma Mukkavilli said...

Is there any video about gondi language?

nilesh said...

Where we can learn? Ur tutorial link

Unknown said...

Gondi language apps