Halbi language
| Halbi | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | India |
| Region | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Maharashtra |
| Native speakers | 500,000 (2000) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hlb |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-tb |
Halbi (also Bastari, Halba, Halvas, Halabi, Halvi, Mahari, Mehari) is an Eastern zone Indo-Aryan language of the Oriya subgroup, spoken by about 500,000 individuals across the central part of India.[citation needed] It is considered a dilect of Oriya language by linguist.It uses SOV word order (subject-object-verb), makes strong use of affixes, and places adjectives before nouns. It is often used as a trade language, but there is a low literacy rate.
The Mehari dialect is mutually intelligible with the other dialects only with difficulty. There are an estimated 200,000 second-language speakers (as of 2001). In Chhtisgarh Schooled males are fluent in Hindi. Some first language speakers use Bhatri as second language.
Halbi is written in the Oriya & Devanagari script.
[edit] External links
- Halbi language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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