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Khortha language

Khortha
Eastern Magahi
खोरठा
The word "Khortha" written in Devanagari script
Native toIndia
RegionNorth Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana, Jharkhand
Native speakers
8.04 million (2011 census)[1][2](additional speakers counted under Hindi)
Devanagari
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Distribution of Khortha language

Khortha (also romanized as Kortha or Khotta) or alternatively classified as Eastern Magahi[4] is a language variety (which is considered a dialect of the Magahi language) spoken primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand, mainly in 16 districts of three divisions: North Chotanagpur, Palamu division and Santhal Pargana.[3] Khortha is spoken by the Sadaans as native language and used by the tribal as a link language.[5][4] It is the most spoken language variety of Jharkhand.[6][7][8]

  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. ^ "Magahi". ethnologue.
  3. ^ a b "Jharkhand gives second language status to Magahi, Angika, Bhojpuri and Maithili". Avenue Mail. 2018-03-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  4. ^ a b "LSI Vol-5 part-2". dsal. p. 145. Eastern Magahi
  5. ^ Atul Aman, Niladri Sekhar Dash, Jayashree Chakraborty (January 2020). "DESIGNING A LINGUISTIC PROFILE OF KHORTHA: A LESS RESOURCED LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE STATE OF JHARKHAND, INDIA". ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Pattanayak, Binay. Language Diversity in Jharkhand.
  7. ^ "Magahi". Ethnologue. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  8. ^ "Khortha a Dying Language and Urgency to Retain its Pure Variety". ResearchGate.

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