Oriya, Adivasi

A language of India

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Adiwasi Oriya, Kotia Oriya, Kotiya, Tribal Oriya

Population

200,000 (2011 SIL).

Location

Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam district, Araku valley.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 38%–42% with standard Oriya [ory], 80%–85% with Desiya [dso] in Odisha.

Language Use

200,000 L2 users (1998 U. Gustafsson).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 7%. Literacy rate in L2: 34% for Scheduled Tribes in Vishakhapatnam District (2001 census). Dictionary. NT: 2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Telugu script.

Other Comments

Adivasi Oriya is a Scheduled Tribe. Ethnonyms: Kotia in Andra Pradesh, Adivasi, and Desiya in Odisha. Traditional religion, Hindu, Christian.