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.
All labels observed (2)
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.