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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khortha language canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.