Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra
Ethnicity
Halba
Native speakers
766,297 (2011 census)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Eastern
Halbic
Halbi
Writing system
Odia, Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3
hlb
Glottolog
halb1244 Halbi
Linguasphere
59-AAF-tb
Halbi-speaking region
Halbi (also Bastari, Halba, Halvas, Halabi, Halvi) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language, transitional between Odia and Marathi.[2] It is spoken by at least 766,297 people across the central part of India.
The Mehari (or Mahari) dialect is mutually intelligible with the other dialects only with difficulty. There are an estimated 200,000 second-language speakers (as of 2001). In Chhattisgarh educated people are fluent in Hindi. Some first language speakers use Bhatri as second language.
Halbi is often used as a trade language, but there is a low literacy rate. It is written in the Odia and Devanagari scripts.[citation needed] It uses SOV word order (subject-object-verb), makes strong use of affixes, and places adjectives before nouns.
^"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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