Bodo Parja language

Bodo Parja
Bodo Parja
Jharia
ବଡ଼ ପରଜା
Native to	India
Region	Koraput, Odisha
Native speakers	156,354 (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia Bodo Parja; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Odia script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bdv
Glottolog	bodo1266

Bodo Parja or Jharia is a dialect of Odia spoken by the Parang Proja tribe of southern Odisha. Most speakers have low proficiency in it, while Desia Odia is used at market.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Bodo Parja at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e18-1] Bodo Parja at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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