Lodhi
A language of India
| Population | 25,000 (2007). |
| Region | Orissa, Mayurbhanj District, Morada and Suliapada in the Sadar Subdivision, Balasore District, Sora block; West Bengal, West Medinipur District, Binpur, Kharagpur-I blocks; Jharkhand, along West Bengal border. |
| Alternate names | Lodha, Lodi, Lohi, Lozi |
| Dialects | Related to Sora [srb]. Lexical similarity: with Oriya [ori] 59%–67%, with Bangla (Bengali [ben]) 56%–72%, Santali [sat] 20%, Mundari [unr], Munda [unx] 10%; 66%–85% between varieties of Lodhi; 57% to 75% with Kharia Thar [ksy]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese |
| Language use | Used by about 1/4 of the population in Orissa. All domains. Positive attitude. Also use Bengali or Oriya. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 22% in Orissa. |
| Comments | Lodha is a Scheduled Tribe. Hindu, Christian. |
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