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| Chhattisgarhi | |
|---|---|
| छत्तीसगढ़ी, ଛତିଶଗଡ଼ି, ଲରିଆ | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Chhattisgarh and minor Odisha, Maharashtra |
Native speakers | 18 million, partial count, including Surgujia (2011 census)[1] (additional speakers counted under Hindi) |
| Dialects | |
| Devanagari Odia | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:hne – Chhattisgarhisgj – Surgujia |
| Glottolog | chha1249 |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-ta |
Chhattisgarhi (Latin Script), छत्तीसगढ़ी (Devanagari Script), ଛତିଶଗଡ଼ି (Odia Script) is an Indo-Aryan dialect, spoken by approximately 16 million people from Chhattisgarh & other states.[2] It is mostly spoken in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra. It is an official language in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, along with Hindi & English. It is closely related to (and counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of) Hindi, but shares a lot of grammatical similarities with many Dravidian languages.[citation needed]
