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Which languages are spoken by the Bhil and Gond peoples?

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Madhya Pradesh Narmada River at Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The Bhil and Gond peoples speak distinct languages that reflect their unique cultural and linguistic heritages:

Bhil: The Bhil people speak Bhili, which is an Indo-Aryan language akin to Gujarati and other related tongues.123
Gond: The Gond people speak Gondi, which is classified as a Dravidian language.413

While these languages are central to their respective communities, many tribal languages in India, including Gondi, are increasingly losing ground to more widely spoken regional languages with established written traditions, such as Hindi and Marathi.413