Bhatri
A language of India
| Population | 600,000 (2002). |
| Region | Chhattisgarh, Bastar District, Jagdalpur tahsil; Maharashtra; Orissa, Koraput District, Kotpad tahsil. |
| Alternate names | Basturia, Bhatra, Bhattra, Bhattri, Bhottada, Bhottara |
| Dialects | Dialects understand each other at 88% or more. Similar to Halbi [hlb]. Lexical similarity: 70%–90% between dialects, 58% with Adivasi Oriya [ort]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Oriya |
| Language use | Language of wider communication. Vigorous. Home, religion. Positive attitude. Some in Madhya Pradesh use Hindi. Some in Orissa use Oriya [ori]. Some also use Halbi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 38% in Chhattisgarh (2001 census). |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists. Hindu syncretism with traditional religion. |
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