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Oriya, Adivasi

A language of India

ISO 639-3: ort

Population	150,000 in India (1998 U. Gustafsson). Population total all countries: 152,370.
Region	Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam District, Araku Valley. Also in United States.
Alternate names	Adiwasi Oriya, Kotia Oriya, Kotiya, Tribal Oriya
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 38%–42% with Standard Oriya [ori], 80%–85% with Desiya [dso] in Orissa.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Oriya
Language use	Trade language. 200,000 L2 users (1998 U. Gustafsson).
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 7%. Literacy rate in L2: 34% for Scheduled Tribes in Vishakhapatnam District. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1977–1988.
Writing system	Telugu script.
Comments	Kotia is a Scheduled Tribe. The people are called ‘Kotia’. Agriculturalists; mixed commerce. Traditional religion, Hindu, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 1991. Review of: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Uwe Gustafsson.

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kotia Oriya."  

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1973. "Kotia Oriya texts."  

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1974. An English-Kotia Oriya, Kotia Oriya-English glossary.

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1974. Kotia Oriya phonemic summary.

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1978. "Procedural discourse in Kotia Oriya."  

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1986. The Adiwasi Oriya-Telugu adult literacy and education programme.

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1991. Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India.  

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1992. "Literacy as a tool in development in the Adivasi Oriya – Telugu adult literacy, functional education and development project, Araku Valley, India."

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 2003. "Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India."

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 2005. Developing a successful community-supported literacy program: the Adivasi-Oriya-Telugu adult literacy and development project.  

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, compiler. 1986. A Telugu-Adiwasi Oriya vocabulary.

GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, compiler. 1989. An Adiwasi Oriya-Telugu-English dictionary.

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 1: Sentence and discourse.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 2: Clause.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 3: Texts.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 4: Word lists.