Khorta

E877026

Khorta is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar, closely related to Magahi and Hindi.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Khorta canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hindi ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
coexistsWith Hindi in Bihar ⓘ
linked to: Hindi

Hindi in Jharkhand ⓘ
Magahi in bordering regions ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Khorta boli ⓘ
Khorta language ⓘ
linked to: Khortha language
hasISO639-3Code no ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature ergative alignment in perfective constructions ⓘ
gendered nouns ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
shares vocabulary with Hindi ⓘ
shares vocabulary with Magahi ⓘ
subject–object–verb word order ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature case-marking postpositions ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated consonants ⓘ
contrast between dental and retroflex stops ⓘ
hasScriptStatus often written informally in Devanagari ⓘ
hasStandardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Kaithi script ⓘ
influencedBy Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Magahi to a significant degree ⓘ
isOftenClassifiedAs dialect of Hindi ⓘ
dialect of Magahi ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
spokenBy Indo-Aryan ethnic groups in Bihar ⓘ
Indo-Aryan ethnic groups in Jharkhand ⓘ
spokenIn Bihar ⓘ
India ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
status primarily spoken language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
usedBy rural communities in Bihar ⓘ
rural communities in Jharkhand ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
usedInDomain folk songs ⓘ
local trade and markets ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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