Desiya
A language of India
| Population | 50,000 (2003). |
| Region | Orissa, Koraput District, Lamtaput block, Nowrangpur District. |
| Alternate names | Deshia, Desia, Desiya Oriya, Koraput Oriya |
| Dialects | Intelligible with Adivasi Oriya [ort] but uses different scripts. Lexical similarity: 80%–85% with Adivasi Oriya dialects in Andhra Pradesh. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Oriya |
| Language use | Trade language. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 6%. |
| Writing system | Oriya script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists; mixed commerce. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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