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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Khortha language canonical 4
Khorta language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri language ⓘ
Magahi language ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Khotta ⓘ
Khotta Thar ⓘ
linked to: Khorta Thar

Kurmali Thar ⓘ
linked to: Kurmali
hasDialect Bokaro Khortha ⓘ
linked to: Bokaro district

Dhanbad Khortha ⓘ
Giridih Khortha ⓘ
Hazaribag Khortha ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between dental and retroflex stops ⓘ
hasScriptStatus primarily written in Devanagari in contemporary usage ⓘ
influencedBy Bengali language ⓘ
linked to: Bengali

Hindi language ⓘ
linked to: Hindi

Magahi language ⓘ
ISO639-3 ktp ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Hindi (moderate lexical similarity) ⓘ
Magahi (high lexical similarity) ⓘ
linguaFrancaOf Jharkhand ⓘ
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 ⓘ
India ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
subgroup Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedAs home language in many rural areas of Jharkhand ⓘ
market language in parts of Jharkhand ⓘ
usedByCommunity Kudmi community ⓘ
linked to: Kurmi community

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) ⓘ
linked to: Kaithi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khotta Bhasha → closelyRelatedTo → Khortha language ⓘ
Khotta Bhasha → hasPhonologySimilarTo → Khortha language ⓘ
Khorta → hasAlternativeName → Khorta language ⓘ
linked to: Khortha language
Khortha people → nativeLanguage → Khortha language ⓘ