Writing and Printing

Gunjala Gondi script

The Gunjala Gondi lipi (Southern Gondi: 𑵶𑶍𑶕𑶀𑵵𑶊 𑵶𑶓𑶕𑶂𑶋 𑵵𑶋𑶅𑶋code: ggo is deprecated ) or Koytura Gunjala Lipi (Southern Gondi: 𑵱𑶓𑵣𑵳𑶓𑶈 𑵶𑶍𑶕𑶀𑵵𑶊 𑵵𑶋𑶅𑶋code: ggo is deprecated ), is a script used to write the Southern Gondi language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people of northern Telangana, eastern Maharashtra, southeastern Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Approximately a dozen manuscripts in the script were recovered from Gunjala, a Gond village in Adilabad district of Telangana, by a team of researchers from the University of Hyderabad, led by Professor Jayadheer Tirumala Rao. The script and preliminary font were unveiled in early 2014.

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• ▸Dyula language
• ▸John Parkes Decker
• ▸History (theatrical genre)

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