Khortha

E295178

Khortha is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand, where it serves as a major regional vernacular among local communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khortha canonical 7
Khorthā 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri
Magahi
Maithili
hasAlternateName Deshwari
Khorta
Khotta Bhasha
surface form: Khorta Bhasha

Khorta Thar
Khortha Thar
Khotta
Khotta Bhasha
Kurtha
hasEthnicity Khortha people
various communities of Jharkhand
hasGlottologCode kort1238
hasGlottologName Khortha self-link
hasInfluenceFrom Bengali
Hindi
Mundari
Sadri
Santhali
surface form: Santali
hasISO6393Code ktg
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Hindi
Magahi
hasMorphologicalFeature SOV word order
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasNumberOfSpeakers millions
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate more than 8 million
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated and unaspirated stops
contrast between dental and retroflex stops
hasRegion Bokaro district
Chatra district
Dhanbad
surface form: Dhanbad district

Giridih
surface form: Giridih district

Hazaribagh division
Koderma district
Ramgarh district
eastern India
north-central Jharkhand
isMajorVernacularIn Jharkhand
isRecognizedAs regional language of Jharkhand
isSpokenBy rural population of Jharkhand
urban population of Jharkhand
isUsedAs home language
market language
regional lingua franca
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
spokenIn Bihar
Chhattisgarh
India
Jharkhand
West Bengal
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
usedIn folk songs
local radio programs
local theatre
oral storytelling
regional media
writingSystem Devanagari script
Kaithi script
Latin script

Referenced by (8)

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

Jharkhand regionalLanguage Khortha
Ranchi spokenLanguage Khortha
Khortha hasGlottologName Khortha self-link
Phusro localLanguage Khortha
Bihari languages hasPart Khortha
Hazaribagh regionalLanguage Khortha
Giridih language Khortha
this entity surface form: Khorthā