Chhattisgarhi ( / ) is an
Indo-Aryan language, spoken by approximately 16 million people from
Chhattisgarh & other states.
It is mostly spoken in the Indian states of
Chhattisgarh,
Odisha
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Madhya Pradesh
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Maharashtra. It is closely related to (and counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of)
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
.
Phonology
Consonants
* can also be heard as a tap .
Vowels
* can also be heard as back .
* Nasalization is also phonemically distinctive.
See also
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Languages of India
Languages spoken in India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians, both families together are sometimes known ...
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Languages with official status in India
There is no national language in India. However, article 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that, "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official pu ...
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List of Indian languages by total speakers
Sources
*G. A. Zograph: ''Languages of South Asia'', 1960 (translated by G.L. Campbell, 1982), Routledge, London.
*H. L. Kavyopadhyaya, G. A. Grierson and L. P. Kavya-Vinod. 1921. A grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect of Eastern Hindi.
*Masica, Colin P. 1993. The Indo-Aryan languages. (Cambridge Lamguage Surveys.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*Boehm, Kelly Kilgo. 2022. A Preliminary Sociolinguistic Survey of the Chhattisgarhi-Speaking Peoples of India. SIL International.
References
Bibliography
*C. K. Chandrakar, "Chhattisgarhi Shabadkosh"
*C. K. Chandrakar, "Manak Chhattisgarhi Vyakaran"
*C. K. Chandrakar, "Chhattisgarhi Muhawara Kosh"
*Chhattisgarh Rajbhasha Aayog, "Prashashnik Shabdkosh Vol. I & II"
External links
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Hindi languages
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Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Culture of Chhattisgarh