Chhattisgarhi

E65041

Chhattisgarhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and surrounding regions.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Hindi language
Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Bagheli
Hindi
country India
ethnicity Chhattisgarhi people
glottocode chha1241
hasAlternativeName Khaltahi
Laria Hindi
hasDialects Bhatapara
Kawardha
Khaltahi
Laria
Raigarh
Surgujia
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
case marking
gender distinction
honorific forms
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated stops
retroflex consonants
hasScript Devanagari
ISO639-3Code hne
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
nativeTo Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Chhattisgarh Plains
recognizedAs dialect of Hindi in Indian census
region Central India
spokenIn Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
India
Jharkhand NERFINISHED
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha NERFINISHED
subfamily Eastern Hindi
usedFor daily communication
folk literature
folk songs
theatre
usedIn Chhattisgarhi cinema
Chhattisgarhi folk theatre
writingSystem Devanagari script

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Indo-Aryan languages
includesLanguage
Chhattisgarh
regionalLanguage

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