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	[[Gondi language\|Gondi]] has typically been written in [[Devanagari script]] or [[Telugu script]], but native scripts are in existence. A [[Gondi people\|Gond]] by the name of Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram designed a Brahmi-based script in 1918, and in 2006, a native script that dates up to 1750 has been discovered by a group of researchers from the University of Hyderabad.		[[Gondi language\|Gondi]] has typically been written in [[Devanagari script]] or [[Telugu script]], but native scripts are in existence. A [[Gondi people\|Gond]] by the name of Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram designed a Brahmi-based script in 1918, and in 2006, a native script that dates up to 1750 has been discovered by a group of researchers from the University of Hyderabad.

	Nonetheless, most Gonds are unaware of their well developed language and do not use any script now. The [[Gunjala Gondi Lipi]] has witnessed a surge in prominence, and well-supported efforts are being undertaken in villages of northern [[Andhra Pradesh]] to widen its usage.		Nonetheless, most Gonds are unaware of their well developed language and do not use any script now. The [[Gunjala Gondi Lipi]] has witnessed a surge in prominence, and well-supported efforts are being undertaken in villages of northern [[Andhra Pradesh]] to widen its usage.

	== {{anchor\|Masaram}} Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram ~~Script~~ ==		== {{anchor\|Masaram}} Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram script ==
	{{Infobox Writing system		{{Infobox Writing system
	\|name=Masaram Gondi		\|name=Masaram Gondi
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	\|type=[[Abugida]]		\|type=[[Abugida]]
	\|iso15924=Gong		\|iso15924=Gong
	\|fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]] ~~<sup>[a]</sup>~~		\|fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]]
	\|fam2=[[Phoenician alphabet]] ~~<sup>[a]</sup>~~		\|fam2=[[Phoenician alphabet]]
	\|fam3=[[Aramaic alphabet]] ~~<sup>[a]</sup>~~		\|fam3=[[Aramaic alphabet]]
	\|fam4=[[Brāhmī script\|Brāhmī]] ~~<sup>[b]</sup>~~		\|fam4=[[Brāhmī script\|Brāhmī]]
	\|fam5=[[Gupta script\|Gupta]] ~~<sup>[b]</sup>~~		\|fam5=[[Gupta script\|Gupta]]
	\|fam6=[[Nāgarī script\|Nāgarī]] ~~<sup>[b]</sup>~~		\|fam6=[[Nāgarī script\|Nāgarī]]
	\|footnotes=[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.<br />[b] The exact lineage of the Gunjala Gondi script is a subject of ongoing research, and no lineage has yet been officiated by linguistic authorities.		\|footnotes=
	~~\|sisters= Unknown, thought to be similar to [[Devanagari]] and [[Modi script\|Modi]]~~
	\|languages=[[Gondi language\|Gondi]]		\|languages=[[Gondi language\|Gondi]]
	\|note=none		\|note=none
	}}		}}
	This script is the subject of ongoing linguistic and historical research. Discovered manuscripts have been dated up to 1750, and discuss information from as early as the 6th–7th centuries. Much of the information reveals independence initiatives by the Gond Rajas and encounters with the British. Also, the names of the days of the week, the months, the Gond festivals have been discovered in this Gondi script.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chance-discovery-of-gondi-script-opens-new-vistas-of-tribal-culture/article4359780.ece\| title = Chance discovery of Gondi script opens new vistas of tribal culture - The Hindu}} </ref>		This script is the subject of ongoing linguistic and historical research. Discovered manuscripts have been dated up to 1750, and discuss information from as early as the 6th–7th centuries. Much of the information reveals independence initiatives by the Gond Rajas and encounters with the British. Also, the names of the days of the week, the months, the Gond festivals have been discovered in this Gondi script.<ref>{{cite news\| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chance-discovery-of-gondi-script-opens-new-vistas-of-tribal-culture/article4359780.ece\| title = Chance discovery of Gondi script opens new vistas of tribal culture - The Hindu\| newspaper = The Hindu\| date = 30 January 2013\| last1 = Singh\| first1 = S. Harpal}}</ref>

	===Unicode===		===Unicode===
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	{{Infobox Writing system		{{Infobox Writing system
	\|name=Masaram Gondi		\|name=Masaram Gondi
	\|sample=		\|altname={{script\|Gonm\|𑴤𑴫𑴦𑴱𑴤 𑴎𑴽𑵀𑴘𑴳}}
	\|caption=		\|sample=मसराम गोंडी.svg
	\|time=~~1918-Present~~		\|caption="Masaram Gondi" written in Masaram Gondi script
			\|time=1918–present
	\|type=[[Abugida]]		\|type=[[Abugida]]
	\|iso15924=Gonm		\|iso15924=Gonm
	\|unicode = {{ublist \|class=nowrap \|[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U11D00.pdf U+~~11D00–U~~+11D5F] {{smaller\|Masaram Gondi}}}}		\|unicode = {{ublist \|class=nowrap \|[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U11D00.pdf U+11D00–U+11D5F] {{smaller\|Masaram Gondi}}}}
	\|languages=[[Gondi language\|Gondi]]		\|languages=[[Gondi language\|Gondi]]
	\|note=none		\|note=none
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	{{Infobox Writing system		{{Infobox Writing system
	\|name=Gunjala Gondi Lipi		\|name=Gunjala Gondi Lipi
	\|sample=~~<!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation:~~ Gondi ~~Lipi~~.~~png -->~~		\|sample=Shukla Gunjala Gondi Script.svg
	\|caption="Gondi Lipi" written in Gunjala Gondi script		\|caption="Gunjala Gondi Lipi" written in Gunjala Gondi script
	\|time=c. ~~1750-Present~~		\|time=c. 1750–present
	\|type=[[Abugida]]		\|type=[[Abugida]]
	\|iso15924=Gong		\|iso15924=Gong
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	\|fam5=[[Gupta script\|Gupta]] <sup>[b]</sup>		\|fam5=[[Gupta script\|Gupta]] <sup>[b]</sup>
	\|fam6=[[Nāgarī script\|Nāgarī]] <sup>[b]</sup>		\|fam6=[[Nāgarī script\|Nāgarī]] <sup>[b]</sup>
	\|footnotes=[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.<br/>[b] The exact lineage of the Gunjala Gondi script is a subject of ongoing research, and no lineage has yet been officiated by linguistic authorities.		\|footnotes=[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.<br />[b] The exact lineage of the Gunjala Gondi script is a subject of ongoing research, and no lineage has yet been officiated by linguistic authorities.
	\|sisters= Unknown, thought to be similar to [[Devanagari]] and [[Modi script\|Modi]]		\|sisters= Unknown, thought to be similar to [[Devanagari]] and [[Modi script\|Modi]]
	\|languages=[[Gondi language\|Gondi]]		\|languages=[[Gondi language\|Gondi]]
	\|note=none		\|note=none
	}}		}}
	This script is the subject of ongoing linguistic and historical research. Discovered manuscripts have been dated up to 1750, and discuss information from as early as the ~~6th-7th~~ centuries. Much of the information reveals independence initiatives by the Gond Rajas and encounters with the British. Also, the names of the days of the week, the months, the Gond festivals have been discovered in this Gondi script.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chance-discovery-of-gondi-script-opens-new-vistas-of-tribal-culture/article4359780.ece</ref>		This script is the subject of ongoing linguistic and historical research. Discovered manuscripts have been dated up to 1750, and discuss information from as early as the 6th–7th centuries. Much of the information reveals independence initiatives by the Gond Rajas and encounters with the British. Also, the names of the days of the week, the months, the Gond festivals have been discovered in this Gondi script.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chance-discovery-of-gondi-script-opens-new-vistas-of-tribal-culture/article4359780.ece\| title = Chance discovery of Gondi script opens new vistas of tribal culture - The Hindu}} </ref>

	===Unicode===		===Unicode===
	{{Main\|Gunjala Gondi (Unicode block)}}		{{Main\|Gunjala Gondi (Unicode block)}}
	Gunjala Gondi lipi was added to the [[Unicode]] Standard in June, 2018 with the release of version 11.0.<ref>{{Cite web \| title=Unicode 11.0.0 \| url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ \| publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]] \| date=June 5, 2018 \| access-date=June 5, 2018 }}</ref>		Gunjala Gondi lipi was added to the [[Unicode]] Standard in June, 2018 with the release of version 11.0.<ref>{{Cite web \| title=Unicode 11.0.0 \| url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ \| publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]] \| date=June 5, 2018 \| access-date=June 5, 2018 }}</ref>

	The Unicode block for Gunjala Gondi is U+11D60–U+11DAF:		The Unicode block for Gunjala Gondi is U+11D60–U+11DAF:
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	[[Category:Dravidian languages]]		[[Category:Dravidian languages]]
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[[Gondi language|Gondi]] has typically been written in [[Devanagari script]] or [[Telugu script]], but native scripts are in existence. A [[Gondi people|Gond]] by the name of Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram designed a Brahmi-based script in 1918, and in 2006, a native script that dates up to 1750 has been discovered by a group of researchers from the University of Hyderabad.

Nonetheless, most Gonds are unaware of their well developed language and do not use any script now. The [[Gunjala Gondi Lipi]] has witnessed a surge in prominence, and well-supported efforts are being undertaken in villages of northern [[Andhra Pradesh]] to widen its usage.

== {{anchor|Masaram}} Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram Script ==
{{Infobox Writing system
|name=Masaram Gondi
|sample=
|caption=
|time=1918-Present
|type=[[Abugida]]
|iso15924=Gonm
|unicode = {{ublist |class=nowrap |[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U11D00.pdf U+11D00–U+11D5F] {{smaller|Masaram Gondi}}}}
|languages=[[Gondi language|Gondi]]
|note=none
}}
In 1918, Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram, a Gond from Balaghat district of [[Madhya Pradesh]], designed a script for Gondi based on Brahmi characters found in other descendant Indian scripts.<ref>[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15090-masaram-gondi.pdf Proposal to Encode the Masaram Gondi Script in Unicode]</ref> However, this script is not widely used, even though a few publications have been made available by his followers and supporters.

===Unicode===
{{Main|Masaram Gondi (Unicode block)}}
Masaram Gondi script was added to the [[Unicode]] Standard in June, 2017 with the release of version 10.0.

The Unicode block for Masaram Gondi is U+11D00–U+11D5F:

{{Unicode chart Masaram Gondi}}

== Gunjala Gondi Lipi ==
{{main|Gunjala Gondi Lipi}}
{{Infobox Writing system
|name=Gunjala Gondi Lipi
|sample=
|caption="Gondi Lipi" written in Gunjala Gondi script
|time=c. 1750-Present
|type=[[Abugida]]
|iso15924=Gong
|fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]] [a]
|fam2=[[Phoenician alphabet]] [a]
|fam3=[[Aramaic alphabet]] [a]
|fam4=[[Brāhmī script|Brāhmī]] [b]
|fam5=[[Gupta script|Gupta]] [b]
|fam6=[[Nāgarī script|Nāgarī]] [b]
|footnotes=[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. [b] The exact lineage of the Gunjala Gondi script is a subject of ongoing research, and no lineage has yet been officiated by linguistic authorities.
|sisters= Unknown, thought to be similar to [[Devanagari]] and [[Modi script|Modi]]
|languages=[[Gondi language|Gondi]]
|note=none
}}
This script is the subject of ongoing linguistic and historical research. Discovered manuscripts have been dated up to 1750, and discuss information from as early as the 6th-7th centuries. Much of the information reveals independence initiatives by the Gond Rajas and encounters with the British. Also, the names of the days of the week, the months, the Gond festivals have been discovered in this Gondi script.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chance-discovery-of-gondi-script-opens-new-vistas-of-tribal-culture/article4359780.ece</ref>

===Unicode===
{{Main|Gunjala Gondi (Unicode block)}}
Gunjala Gondi lipi was added to the [[Unicode]] Standard in June, 2018 with the release of version 11.0.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Unicode 11.0.0 | url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ | publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]] | date=June 5, 2018 | access-date=June 5, 2018 }}</ref>

The Unicode block for Gunjala Gondi is U+11D60–U+11DAF:

{{Unicode chart Gunjala Gondi}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/gondi.htm Gondi script]

{{list of writing systems}}

[[Category:Writing systems]]
[[Category:Dravidian languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Madhya Pradesh]]