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Kharia language

Kharia
खड़िया, ଖଡ଼ିଆ
RegionIndia (Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha).
EthnicityKharia
Native speakers
297,614; 69% of ethnic population (2011 census)[1]
Austroasiatic
Devanagari, Odia, Latin
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3khr
Glottologkhar1287
ELPKharia
A multilingual person speaking Sadri, Kharia, and Sambalpuri language, recorded in China.

The Kharia language (Kharia pronunciation: [kʰaɽija] or [kʰeɽija][2]) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family, that is primarily spoken by the Kharia people of eastern India.

  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. ^ Anderson, Gregory D. S. (2008). The Munda languages. London: Routledge. p. 434. ISBN 9780415328906. OCLC 225385744.

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