Bhatri is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Bhottada tribe in Chhattisgarh and Odisha, India. The language is spoken predominantly in eastern Bastar district and in Koraput and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha.
Bhatri | |
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भतरी, ଭତ୍ରି | |
Native to | India |
Region | Chhattisgarh, Odisha |
Ethnicity | Bhottadas |
Native speakers | 334,258 (2011 census)[1] |
Devanagari, Odia | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bgw |
Glottolog | bhat1265 |
References
edit- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Bhatri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Masica (1991:16)
Further reading
edit- Masica, Colin (1991). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2.