Chhattisgarhi language
![]() | This article possibly contains original research. (June 2021) |
Chhattisgarhi | |
---|---|
छत्तीसगढ़ी, ଛତିଶଗଡ଼ି, ଲରିଆ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Chhattisgarh and minor areas in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra |
Native speakers | 18 million, partial count, including Surgujia (2011 census)[1] (additional speakers counted under Hindi) |
Indo-European
| |
Dialects | |
Writing system | Devanagari Odia |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]()
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:hne – Chhattisgarhisgj – Surgujia |
Glottolog | chha1249 |
Linguasphere | 59-AAF-ta |
Chhattisgarhi (Latin Script), छत्तीसगढ़ी (Devanagari Script), ଛତିଶଗଡ଼ି (Odia Script) is an Indo-Aryan language, spoken by approximately 16 million [1.6 crore in the Indian numbering system] people from Chhattisgarh & other states (by NRIs).[2] It is mostly spoken in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand & Maharashtra. It is an official language in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, along with Hindi & English. It is a language based on Hindi, but shares a lot of grammatical similarities with many Dravidian languages.[citation needed]
See also[]
- Languages of India
- Languages with official status in India
- List of Indian languages by total speakers
- Chhattisgarh
Sources[]
- G. A. Zograph: Languages of South Asia, 1960 (translated by G.L. Campbell, 1982), Routledge, London.
References[]
- ^ 16.3 million for Chhattisgarhi and 1.74 million for Surgujia.
Chhattisgarhi at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
Surgujia at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) - ^ "Languages of Chhattisgarh". Chhattisgarh Tourism. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
Bibliography[]
- C. K. Chandrakar, "Chhattisgarhi Shabadkosh"
- C. K. Chandrakar, "Manak Chhattisgarhi Vyakaran"
- C. K. Chandrakar, "Chhattisgarhi Muhawara Kosh"
- Chhattisgarh Rajbhasha Aayog, "Prashashnik Shabdkosh Vol. I & II"
External links[]
![]() |
Chhattisgarhi language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
Categories:
- Hindi languages
- Languages of India
- Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
- Culture of Chhattisgarh