Chhattisgarhi
A language of India
| Population | 17,500,000 (2002). 11,456,000 Chhattisgarhi (1997), 79,000 Laria (1997). |
| Region | Chhattisgarh; Bihar; Orissa; possibly in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Tripura. |
| Alternate names | Khaltahi, Laria |
| Dialects | Surgujia, Sadri Korwa, Baigani (Baiga, Bega, Bhumia, Gowro), Binjhwari, Kalanga, Bhulia, Chhattisgarhi Proper, Kavardi, Khairagarhi. Most closely related to Awadhi [awa] and Bagheli [bfy]. Surgujia dialect is spoken in Surguja and Raigarh districts of Chhattisgarh; Sadri Korwa spoken by Korwa people in Jashpur tahsil of Raigarh District; Baigani in Balaghat, Raipur, and Bilaspur districts of Chhattisgarh, and Sambalpur District of Orissa; Binjhwari in Raipur and Raigarh districts of Chhattisgarh; Kalanga [kck] and Bhulia dialect are spoken in Patna District of Bihar; Chhattisgarhi Proper in Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, and other districts of Chhattisgarh. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, East Central zone |
| Language use | Nearly all domains. Positive attitude. A few also use Hindi or Oriya [ori]. |
| Language development | Poetry. Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. NT: 2005. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Traditional religion mixed with Hinduism, Muslim. |
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