Khortha language

E588490

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

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Khortha language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri language
Magahi language NERFINISHED
Maithili language
countryOfficialStatus not an official language of India at national level
ethnolinguisticClassification Bihari languages group (sometimes classified)
family Indo-European languages
glottocode khor1261
hasAlternativeName Khorta NERFINISHED
Khotta
Khotta Thar NERFINISHED
Kurmali Thar NERFINISHED
hasDialect Bokaro Khortha NERFINISHED
Dhanbad Khortha NERFINISHED
Giridih Khortha NERFINISHED
Hazaribag Khortha NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature postpositions instead of prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between dental and retroflex stops
hasScriptStatus primarily written in Devanagari in contemporary usage
influencedBy Bengali language NERFINISHED
Hindi language NERFINISHED
Magahi language NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 ktp
lexicalSimilarityWith Hindi (moderate lexical similarity)
Magahi (high lexical similarity)
linguaFrancaOf Jharkhand NERFINISHED
primaryWordOrder SOV
recognizedAs regional language in Jharkhand (de facto)
region eastern India
north-central Jharkhand
southern Bihar
spokenBy several million speakers (approximate order of magnitude)
spokenIn Bihar NERFINISHED
India
Jharkhand NERFINISHED
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED
subgroup Eastern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
usedAs home language in many rural areas of Jharkhand
market language in parts of Jharkhand
usedByCommunity Kudmi community NERFINISHED
Kurmi Mahato community
various tribal and non-tribal communities in Jharkhand
usedInDomain folk literature
folk songs
local radio broadcasting
local theatre and drama
writingSystem Devanagari script
Kaithi script (historically) NERFINISHED

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