Koshali language

E235099

Koshali language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the western regions of the Indian state of Odisha.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kosali (in some local usage) 1
Koshali language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
hasAlternativeName Kosali
Sambalpuri
Sambalpuri–Kosali
Western Odia (contested)
hasDialect Balangiri dialect
Bargarhi dialect
Kalahandia dialect
Rath dialect
Sambalpuri dialect
Sonepuri dialect
hasGlottocode samb1310
hasISOStatus no individual ISO 639-3 code (often grouped under Odia)
hasRecognitionStatus demanded to be recognized as a separate language from Odia
hasScriptUsageContext Devanagari script used in some publications and informal writing
Odia script used in administration and education
hasSpeakerCommunity Magahi people
surface form: Koshali people
hasSpeakerEstimate several million speakers in western Odisha and adjoining areas
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Odia script
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
lexicalSimilarityWith Chhattisgarhi
surface form: Chhattisgarhi language

Hindi
surface form: Hindi language

Odia
surface form: Odia language
primaryWordOrder SOV
region Balangir
Bargarh
Boudh
Jharsuguda
Sambalpur
Sonepur (Subarnapur)
parts of Deogarh
parts of Kalahandi
parts of Nuapada
parts of Sundargarh
spokenIn Chhattisgarh
India
Jharkhand
Orissa
surface form: Odisha

neighboring parts of Odisha border states
Odisha (parts)
surface form: western Odisha
subfamilyOf Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
usedFor cinema
folk songs
local newspapers and magazines
theatre
writingDirection left-to-right

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odia script usedFor Koshali language
Sambalpuri hasAlternativeName Koshali language
this entity surface form: Kosali (in some local usage)