Bodo Parja
A language of India
| Population | 50,000 (2001). |
| Region | Orissa, Koraput District. |
| Alternate names | Bodo Paraja, Harja, Jhaliya, Jharia, Jhodia Parja, Parajhi, Parja, Parjhi, Parji, Paroja, Poroja, Sodia Parja |
| Dialects | Phonology and grammar show Indo-European relationship, not related to Dravidian Duruwa Parji. 86%–96% intelligibility between Bodo and Jhodia caste varieties. Lexical similarity: 76%–86% between Bodo and Jhodia caste varieties, 70%–89% with Desia. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Oriya |
| Language use | Most have low proficiency in Adivasi Oriya [ort], which is used in the market. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 15%. |
| Writing system | Oriya script. |
| Comments | Paroja is a Scheduled Tribe; name comes from the Sanskrit word for ‘subjects’. It is used for a variety of ethnic groups from different language families. Peasant agriculturalists; laborers. Hindu, traditional religion, Christian. |
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