Chhattisgarhi language
| Chhattisgarhi | |
|---|---|
| छत्तीसगढ़ी | |
The word "Chhattisgarhi" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Chhattisgarh and a minority of speakers in Odisha and Maharashtra |
Native speakers | 16.2 million, partial count (2011 census) (additional speakers counted under Hindi) |
| Dialects | |
| Devanagari, Odia | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India Fiji (as Fiji Hindi) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:hne – Chhattisgarhisgj – Surgujia |
| Glottolog | chha1249 |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-ta |
Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 16.25 million people from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India. It is the co-official language of Chhattisgarh along with Hindi. It is grouped within the Eastern Hindi languages and is counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of Hindi.